Someone was stabbed at the Metro Red Line station today in downtown this afternoon. This is the fourth stabbing on Metro in the last few months. more ›

The Metro board approved a new policy today requiring that 40 percent of the work hours on its major transportation projects go to low-income and other struggling workers. It is the first transit agency that uses federal funds for a targeted hiring policy, according to City News Service. more ›

Hip, hip and almost hooray: The Expo Line is sooooo close to opening, and will get one step closer as of Monday, when the light rail service goes into what's called the "pre-revenue testing" phase. more ›

The infamous sprawl of the Southland and its many municipalities makes it a challenge compared to other cities. That's why Metro is hosting meetings to think about the big picture: what would a county-wide bike-sharing program look like? more ›

A passenger on a bus punched a 26-year-old lady in the face twice, took her cell phone and ran away early in the morning about a week ago, police say. The robbery happened at 6:15 a.m. on January 9 near the intersection of Pico and La Cienega boulevards. more ›

The 69th annual Golden Globe Awards are taking over the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills Sunday evening from 5pm to 8pm, and Angelenos should plan for road closures, bus route changes and street parking restrictions. more ›

Could it be? Is it true? Is there a light at the end of the proverbial tunnel for an opening day for Phase 1 of Metro's Expo Line? L.A. Now reports that Metro has gone into the final testing phase along the first segment of the light rail line, which could be "a signal that the train could open to the public by early April." more ›

The best fun you can have for 25 cents in Los Angeles for one minute could soon be twice as expensive, when Angels Flight reopens after undergoing repairs, and the fare is doubled. more ›

A light rail line connecting Metro's Green Line and Expo Line through a busy corridor has received a crucial approval from the Federal Transit Administration. more ›

Heads up for commuters who use the 210 Freeway in the Arcadia area, there are going to be some significant closures tonight to accommodate construction on the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension. more ›

If you are headed out to celebrate the arrival of 2012 tonight, and your starting and end points offer convenient access to the Red, Blue, Purple, Gold, Green, or Orange Metro lines, you pretty much have no excuse to not take public transit tonight. more ›

Hey, guess what? The Expo Line's opening has been delayed. Again! Now it is semantics and technical issues hanging up the light rail--err, subway?--line. more ›

Thanks to Christmas Day falling on a Sunday this year, today is a legal holiday, and that means things are quiet in Los Angeles, with many offices and services closed or limited. more ›

Headed out tonight? Don't forget that Metro is giving free rides on all Metro bus and rail lines tonight into the wee hours of Christmas Day, 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. more ›

A publicist handling the forthcoming film co-written and produced by John Atterberry, the music executive who was fatally shot during the December 9 Hollywood shooting rampage, died while en route to the music executive's funeral on Wednesday. more ›

Metro has fired back at the Reason Foundation for their recent pro-bus video "17 Miles in Just 78 Minutes! Light Rail vs. Reality in LA." Describing Reason.TV's video as "amusing and "a little factually challenged," Metro posted the following corrections and suggestions to its blog, The Source. more ›

One of 18 new retaining walls installed in the Sepulveda Pass as part of the ongoing 405 Freeway improvement project has begun to collapse. The wall began to buckle last week during the strong windstorm, say area residents, according to MyFoxLA. more ›

Break out the bubbly! Metro is once again offering free rides on bus and rail lines operating on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. more ›

Two key parts of Los Angeles-area public transportation systems have been added to Google Maps: DASH and commuter express. more ›

Nine people were injured on Friday when a Metro Blue Line light rail train en route to Long Beach collided with a car just south of Downtown L.A. The incident occurred near Flower Street and 18th Street around 2:52pm when a sedan crossed into the train's path. more ›

If public transportation is a viable option for your holiday travels, you may want to consider hopping on a bus or train. Be warned, Metro and Metrolink are operating on abbreviated schedules starting tomorrow and throughout the weekend. more ›

Not all Angelenos appreciate our Metro system, but police say there is one demographic that seems to be taking the "Go Metro" advertising campaign to heart: criminals making a getaway. more ›

Are you ready for the largest bicycle facility of its kind in the U.S. of A., L.A.? This Friday, November 18, the Santa Monica Bike Center will open its doors and beckon bicyclists to pedal in for a hug. Hugs aren't actually a promised perk of the grand opening, but bicycle enthusiasts will feel the warm embraces of the City of Santa Monica and the L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). more ›

The hottest trend among cartographers is grabbing data from NextBus and using it to create maps that help visualize just how long it takes to get around on public transportation in whatever city you choose. The digital cartographer Eric Fischer released a visualization of the Los Angeles Metro system. more ›

It's true: 8,400 people a day are expected to make use of the Downtown Streetcar. Also true: We used an older map of a proposed route in our story. Zoinks! Recently a new set of proposed routes--seven, to be precise--were published by Metro. And here are those maps. more ›

One of Angelenos' biggest grumbles about taking public transit at night is that service is limited, both in frequency and how late the service runs. Now Metro says they are about to launch what they're calling a "major expansion" of night service on their rail lines. So what kinds of big changes can we expect? more ›

Two people were stabbed this morning following an altercation in a Metro red line station, reports L.A. Now. It's the third in recent months. It happened at about 4:30 a.m. at the Hollywood and Western stop, and the victims, a man and a woman, were taken to the hospital after the incident. The man, whose throat had been slashed, was in serious but stable condition. The woman was in stable condition. more ›

The full Metro Board of Directors are getting together Thursday for their regular monthly meeting, and included on the agenda is changing the name of six Metro stations. more ›

Who's got a ticket to ride? Metro's fare gate lockdown is producing interesting results as the agency determines approximately what percentage of passengers are using paper tickets as opposed to TAP cards. This four-week effort aids in Metro's mission to get the TAP system and turnstile entry secured and running. Metro officials are spot-checking passengers' tickets as they get off the Red and Purple Lines. more ›