Metrolink is pushing back the timeline for service cuts to January 4th and giving more time for public input - the official public hearing on the cuts has been pushed back to November. Good to have more opportunity for rider voices to be heard, but what chaos! metrolinktrains.com/about/board-...

If conservatives are so concerned about the burden CEQA places on CA High-Speed Rail, why did they carve out HSR from Prop 45? Maybe it has something to do with the numerous CEQA lawsuits filed by GOP-aligned Central Valley landowners against HSR?

Fellow Metro riders, what are you noticing about your open loop payments lately? Mine are working about 40% of time. Most bus operators just wave me on but it seemed like the readers worked pretty consistently for a month or two and now they don't. Train works fine every time

Alissa Walker@awalkerinla.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"What we always like to say here at CalSTA and with Cal-ITP is that we want you to be able to pay for transit like you pay for coffee." I talked to CalSTA's @hunterowens.net about why Metro moving to contactless debit/credit payments is such a big deal — and for more reasons than just convenience

🚗 How should LA County plan for the future while helping reduce unnecessary driving? Share your travel habits and priorities and tell LA County what matters to you as new development moves forward. 📝 Take the short survey by 11/8: Sur-vey.typeform.com/VMT-Survey

if you're wondering how it's going on the LAX people mover, in addition to the ritual 1-extra-month-of-delay-with-each-monthly-update (February now), there were 3 'arc-blast' explosions on the track, seemingly due to LINX's shitty work. They'll almost certainly go into default.

From the LosAngeles community on Reddit: Image of the damage to the LAX PeopleMover track. There are multiple “blast instances” reported along the length of the track.

Explore this post and more from the LosAngeles community

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Happy #WeekWithoutDriving, I'm biking to work with my councilmember @cd13.lacity.gov on a 100-degree day. @thewaroncars.bsky.social ☺️😅🫠

Protected bike lanes make everyone safer. This corridor only cost $500,000 and it was paid for with Measure M return money. "No fatal injuries have occurred since the improvements were completed." Seems like a worthwhile investment to me

Alissa Walker@awalkerinla.bsky.social · 3w ago

Must be pretty cool to ride to work on the bike lanes you made happen. Stay tuned for the whole video 😉 @cd13.lacity.gov

New capital is down, state of good repair is up.

Metrolink is getting rid of merit raises and keeping all expense growth at 3%. Travel and training cut by 33%. They have also ditched the consultants and are doing all scheduling in-house.

Budget assumes gas prices will stay high and keep juicing ridership. Also uses a one-time $10.8 State Rail Assistance fund that will not be there next year - meaning budget will likely be worse next year.

Cuts target "low-performing trains" and trains that overlap with Surfliner service. Staff explaining origin of budget deficit: bad ridership forecast created $15M deficit in fare revenue + reductions in support from member agencies. Costs increase every year, driven in particular by contracts.

With general public comment over, now on the budget item. You can view the slides here: granicus-aasmp-peak-files.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/atta...

4th commenter is a Fontana resident who uses Metrolink to get to jobs in Orange County, LA, and Burbank and also to get to Dodgers games. Says train schedules are not convenient to come back from Dodgers games, wants a special Dodgers train. Has brought this up several times previously.

Third commenter bringing up lack of clarity around free transfers to Metro - how long free transfer lasts, how this works with fare gates, and lack of Metrolink pass QR code scanners at stations (we agree!). Also closes with "I love Metrolink".

Second commenter is complaining about the Highland City Hall not being open for public comment despite being listed on the agenda, in possible violation of the Brown Act.

First commenter is a 70-year-old car-free San Bernardino resident who is complaining about Oceanside closures, both temporary and permanent, and lack of bus replacement. Closes with "I love Metrolink"

Reporting live from Metrolink board meeting, their first completely remote meeting in a while.

Californians for Electric Rail@calelectricrail.org · 2w ago

Metrolink finally has a budget after 6 months, and it includes 29% weekday, 40% weekend service cuts, with no weekday service to Oceanside. Click the link for more info. Speak out TOMORROW at 10 Metrolink and other meetings later in the month to fight back. calelectricrail.org/metrolink-an...

So cool landed in Anchorage, opened @transit.app and guess what I saw?

Japan marks 20 years of tackling human error in public transportation link.theoverheadwire.com/8cjgp

Japan marks 20 years of tackling human error in public transportation

The transport safety management system requires transport operators to build and continuously improve their own safety management arrangements.

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The third leg was all about the generosity of the folks at Sirens Java & Tea in #SanPedro and the incredible transit mall in Downtown Long Beach.

Our second leg took us to our @actlosangeles.bsky.social Transit Justice meeting at the @labwc.bsky.social for lunch and conversation and then we headed to the noisy J Line Station via the @metrolosangeles.bsky.social K and C Lines!

Our first leg included @metrolinksocal.bsky.social to Claremont to meet up with #CleanAirDay folks and @foothilltransit.bsky.social. We touched San Bernardino County in Montclair!

Ride free on @metrolosangeles.bsky.social for #CleanAirDay and follow along as we ride transit for 18 hours with @mobilityforwho.bsky.social glympse.com/!transitmara...

Great hanging out with @movela.bsky.social at the Hermosa Beach Pier during their #transitmarathon for #cleanairday with @gspeng.bsky.social @floraandfauna.bsky.social @briannaje.bsky.social @upyourzone.bsky.social

I am ready for Move LA’s epic 18 hour #TransitMarathon across LA County for #CleanAirDay when we ride fare free. 🚇 🚍 🚊 Follow along on Glympse glympse.com/!transitmara... Help us make it to the finish line with $18 for 18 hours: www.socaltransitmonth.org/transit_mara...

Congratulations to Santa Clarita Mayor Patsy Ayala who was just confirmed to represent the North County of Los Angeles on the @metrolosangeles.bsky.social Board! She is passionate about transit and is deeply engaged in her community and ready to do the work!

BUT, eliminating them will inevitably shift the far greater costs of pollution onto California families, workers and taxpayers through preventable illness, missed work and higher health care expenses. 🩺

So are they expensive? No, these regulations are not expensive for international shipping and oil companies ($1.14 for each shipping container, $7.66 for each automobile transported and less than 1 cent for each gallon of finished product carried by a tanker).

Now under attack, the at-berth program requires ships to stop pumping toxic diesel exhaust that has negative health impacts for the people that live and work nearby. Since the program began in 2018, it has achieved an 80% reduction in harmful emissions across more than 13,000 vessel visits. 💨

Why is Congress voting to scrap California’s clean air protections? 🚨 Learn why this is happening and what’s at stake for everyone — not just Californians — in a new op-ed for @thehill.com from Dori Chandler with the Coalition For Clean Air: thehill.com/opinion/ener... Takeaways below 🔽

Dirty tricks: Why is Congress voting to scrap California’s clean air protections?

This congressional overstep is creating an alarming precedent, threatening states’ authority to protect their residents from toxic pollution. The Senate must step in to stop it.

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