Ahead of bus fare collection resuming on Jan. 10, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is holding a series of pop-up events across the county to enroll low-income transit riders into its discounted fare program.
Metro announced today it is hosting vote-by-mail drop boxes at 10 transit locations through Sept. 14, the last voting day of California's gubernatorial recall election.
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Bus electrification has numerous benefits: cleaner air, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, improved public health, and reduced noise impacting riders, operators and communities. Though many transit agencies, prominently including Foothill Transit, are proceeding with electrification, these buses remain a relatively new technology, so Metro will be an important proving ground.
In 2017, as part of Metro’s commitment to electrify its entire bus fleet by 2030, the board approved two electric bus pilots on its Bus Rapid Transit lines. At that time, the G (Orange) Line was scheduled to be all electric buses by June 30, 2020, and the J (Silver) Line was initially scheduled to be all electric by June 30, 2021.