In an approach to combating crime and homelessness, the Los Angeles Metro has taken to blasting classical music at one of its stations. The music at the Westlake/Macarthur Station on Metro’s Red Line, which runs from Downtown Los Angeles to North Hollywood, is part of a larger pilot program by the agency to deter criminal…

In an approach to combating crime and homelessness, the Los Angeles Metro has taken to blasting classical music at one of its stations. The music at the Westlake/Macarthur Station on Metro’s Red Line, which runs from Downtown Los Angeles to North Hollywood, is part of a larger pilot program by the agency to deter criminal…

LOS ANGELES—Two people who were killed when a Metro A (Blue) Line train slammed into a car in the central Alameda area of Los Angeles were identified Feb. 21. The crash took place at about 6:15 p.m. Monday at 1629 E. 24th Street, several blocks south of the Santa Monica (10) Freeway, according to Nicholas…

LOS ANGELES—A judge has formally denied a challenge to an agreement between Metro and a private company concerning the possibility of a proposed private, multimillion-dollar aerial tram to transport riders on gondolas between Union Station and Dodger Stadium. The California Endowment’s Los Angeles Superior Court legal action targeted the gondola project headed by Aerial Rapid…

LOS ANGELES—Firefighters extricated a woman from a vehicle that split in half when it crashed into a Metro Blue Line train on the outskirts of downtown Los Angeles Dec. 22. The condition of the woman was not immediately known, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. Firefighters and paramedics were dispatched at 3:43 p.m. to 1688…

LOS ANGELES—With much fanfare, Metro’s K Line opened Oct. 7, running from the Crenshaw district to Westchester and giving South Los Angeles its most extensive rail service since the 1950s. The line fulfills a dream that began when Tom Bradley was mayor from 1973-93 and sought to provide world-class transportation in South Los Angeles, Los…

Los Angeles Metro bus and rail riders can expect longer wait times, as services have been temporarily reduced, as of Feb. 20, due to a labor shortage. LA Metro Board of Directors voted on Jan. 27 to make a temporary service change to reduce the number of canceled trips brought on by the pandemic and…

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority will cut their bus services by 10 percent and reduce rail line frequency because Metro is struggling to find enough bus and rail operators to meet the demand of its 740,000 daily users. “We’re currently facing a crisis both for our customers and for our employees,” Chief Operations…

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been awarded $1.24 billion in federal American Rescue Plan funds, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced Jan. 12. The funds are intended to help transit agencies around the country maintain service and keep workers on the payroll as surging COVID-19 cases strain the economy. “Public transportation…

LOS ANGELES—In accordance with a plan to “reimagine public safety,” law enforcement officers may soon be gone from Los Angeles County’s Metropolitan Transportation system. On Dec. 2, LA Metro Board members approved moving forward with the two motions that will replace armed law enforcement officers with “public safety alternatives”—potentially with unarmed “transit ambassadors.” This means…