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December 2001
Dec. 19, 2001 - Masterminds of Motorola Creating Brainy Metro Buses Versión en español
Dec. 17, 2001 - Metro Offering Free Metro Bus and Rail Rides Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve Versión en español
Dec. 10, 2001 - Metro set to Embark on New Era of Seamless Transit Fare Versión en español
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November 2001
Nov. 29, 2001 - Metro Green Line Notches 33,000 Average Weekday Boardings in October - Ridership Soars to New High Versión en español
Nov. 29, 2001 - Metro Board Names Light Rail Line to Pasadena 'Metro Gold Line' Versión en español
Nov. 26, 2001 - Metro Starts 3-Car Train Service on Busy Metro Blue Line
Versión en español
Nov. 19, 2001 - Metro Rail and Bus, Best Ticket in Town to Hollywood Christmas Parade on November 25 Versión en español
Nov. 19, 2001 - Strange Voices from Below and Other Clever Art Devices Make Debut on Self Guided Angels Walk Tours Versión en español
Nov. 16, 2001 - Metro Red Line Passengers Make Beeline to Hollywood & Highland Retail /Entertainment Complex Versión en español
Nov. 12, 2001 - Interest in Metro Rail Joint Development on Rise as Crown Jewel Project 'Hollywood & Highland' Opens Versión en español
Nov. 12, 2001 - Metro Rewarded For Buying Clean-Air Compressed Natural Gas Buses - Metro Receives $5.2 Million In Clean-Air Grants Versión en español
Nov. 8, 2001 - Metro Board Updated on Bus Service Improvements Made Since 1996 Signing of Consent Decree Versión en español
Nov. 5, 2001 - Metro passes good on Montebello Bus Lines, effective Dec. 30 Versión en español
Nov. 2, 2001 - Metro to Host Community Meetings to Explore Transportation Solutions for North L.A. County Versión en español
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October 2001
Oct. 30, 2001 - Metro Giving out Coupons for Special Offers at LA’s Newest Entertainment and Retail Destination, Hollywood & Highland
Oct. 30, 2001 - New Metro Bus and Rail Brochures Make Traveling the Metro System Easy and Fun
Oct. 26, 2001 - Pedaling of New Bikeway Master Plan to Get Underway
Oct. 25, 2001 - Dupont safety resources to help L.A.'s Metro create safer workplace; reduce high workers compensation costs
Oct. 23, 2001 - Obituary: Dorothy Gray Developed Metro's Library into One of Nation's Best Transportation Research Resources
Oct. 22, 2001 - Metro to Hold Public Hearing Nov. 10 on Possible Metro Bus Service Changes
Oct. 5, 2001 - Avenue L Overpass improvement among dozens of transportation projects Board Member Roberts has guided.
Oct. 2, 2001 - Metro Bus Riders Enjoying Definite Chill in the Air
Oct. 2, 2001 - Metro Blue Line stops within easy walking distance of Fifth Annual 'Latino Book and Family Festival' Oct. 13-14
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September 2001
Sept. 26, 2001 - Advanced technology, improved training help Metro serve telephone customers faster
Sept. 25, 2001 - Metro to Add More Buses to Heavily Used Lines to Offer More Service and Ease Overcrowding Effective October 1
Sept. 20, 2001 - Metro Bus System Customer Complaints Dip to all-time Low
Sept. 11, 2001 - Metro operating bus and rail lines on normal schedule. Read Statement
Sept. 10, 2001 - Parallax Forum L.A. Traffic Jam - Is There A Way Out? Metro Officials Drive Live, Interactive Cable TV Special on LA Traffic
Sept. 10, 2001 - Attending Re-Opening Festivities for Watts Towers Made More Convenient by Metro and Staples Center
Sept. 7, 2001 - Metro Joins other Transit Operators Encouraging People to use Public Transit during "Try Transit Week"
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August 2001
August 31, 2001 - Service Rescues Stranded Motorists, Lessens Freeway Congestion - Parade of Tow Trucks Marks Metro Freeway Service Patrol's Tenth Anniversary PHOTOS
August 29, 2001 - Metro Declares September 'Metro Blue Line Safety Month' - Safety Message Aimed at Kids Returning to the Classroom ILLUSTRATION
August 28, 2001 - Metro and Metrolink Offering Fast Track To L.A. County Fair In Pomona With Stress-Free Rides And Discounts
August 21, 2001 - Metro Awarded $4.4 Million in Federal Funds For Compressed Natural Gas Buses
August 2, 2001 - Metro Red Line Station Receives Plaque Honoring Congressman Julian Dixon PHOTOS
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July 2001
July 27, 2001 - Statewide Insect Infestation Hits Home; Metro to Remove 119 Dying Eucalyptus Trees Along Burbank-Chandler Right-of-Way
PHOTOS
July 26, 2001 - Metro Board Approves Busway for San Fernando Valley East-West Corridor
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July 26, 2001 - Metro Board Funds 218 Transportation Improvement Projects in 2001 'Call for Projects' Program
July 13, 2001 - Metro Red Line Subway Ridership Hits New High; Metro Rail System Nears Quarter Million Daily Boardings
July 12, 2001 - Metro to Hold Public Hearing on Expansion of Metro Rapid Program, Proposed FY 2002 Bus Service Changes
July 11, 2001 - Public Lets Metro Have It, Good, Bad & Ugly In Stakeholders Web Site; Interactive Page Attracting Pro And Con Comments
July 9, 2001 - Metro Blue Line 7th St./Metro Center/Julian Dixon Station Reconstruction To Begin July 16
July 6, 2001 - Transportation plan to help welfare families reach jobs, schools, childcare and health care facilities
July 5, 2001 - From Theater to Metro Public Affairs... Former Manager of Westwood Playhouse and Producer traded in Tinseltown for major pressure cooker of a job.
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June 2001
June 29, 2001 - Metro Rail Joint Development Fever Spreading To Developers
June 28, 2001 - Metro Board Approves Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit, Exposition Light Rail Projects For Mid-City/Westside Corridor - Action Paves Way For Federal Funding
June 26, 2001 - John Fasana New Metro Board Chair - Duarte City Councilman Succeeds Outgoing Chair Yvonne Brathwaite Burke PHOTO
June 25, 2001 - High gasoline prices send subway ridership soaring in May; New record for largest one-month numerical increase set
June 25, 2001 - Mark Holland from Division 9 in El Monte wins the 26th annual Metro Bus Roadeo; Mechanics team from Division 10 take first place
June 20, 2001 - Top Dallas Transit Official Picked to head Metro in Los Angeles County PHOTO
* REVISED June 14, 2001 - Metro Bus Service From Hollywood/Vine Subway Station to Hollywood Bowl Resumes Saturday, June 16; Discount Seats Available
June 11, 2001 - Wait for taking Metro Art tours to drop by 50 percent; Over two dozen volunteers training to become docents
June 8, 2001 - League Of Cities Ratifies Nomination Of Santa Monica City Council Member Pam O'Connor To Metro Board Of Directors PHOTO
June 8, 2001 - Largest job fair in California is co-sponsored by Metro, free to public and features prizes, entertainment and celebrities - 1,500 Jobs Up For Grabs At Transit-Themed L.A. Youthfest
June 7, 2001 - Sup. Burke gives media tour of new Metro buses - Most new Metro buses shipped in 20 years
June 7, 2001 - The Other Dr. Grant - This One Provides therapy for the Metro Bus and Rail System
June 6, 2001 - Metro Rail, Best Travel Bargain To Noho Theatre & Arts Festival 2001 - Metro Rail Beats High Cost Of Gas
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May 2001
May 30, 2001 - Metro to Make Minor Route and Schedule Changes Effective Sunday, June 3; Introduces New Metro Bus Line 340
May 25, 2001 - High Price of Gas Got You Down? Metro Provides Best Transportation Bargain in Town
May 24, 2001 - Metro FY'02 Budget Holds the Line Despite Higher Fuel, Other Costs Provides for record Amount of Bus Service
May 24, 2001 - Metro Board Gives Green Light To Eastside Light Rail Transit Project - Six-Mile Line Chosen As Locally Preferred Alternative
May 18, 2001 - State of Jalisco, Mexico donates 17 wrought iron benches for Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights
May 15, 2001 - Metro To Expand Popular Rideshare Incentive Programs To Employers Throughout L.A. County As Gas Prices Soar
May 14, 2001 - Metro Releases Draft Environmental Report on Proposed San Fernando Valley East-West Busway PHOTO
May 11, 2001 - Subway Ridership Marks Record - Spiraling Gas Prices Drive up Metro Ridership
May 11, 2001 - Metro construction in Universal City to close the southbound Hollywood Freeway on Sunday, May 13
May 2, 2001 - Metro Telephone Hotline Provides Information for 'Bike To Work Day' on May 17
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April 2001
April 30, 2001 - Metro Funded Carpool Lane To Open Along 605 Freeway May 2
April 30, 2001 - Learn How to Do Business With Public Agencies during the 8th Greater Los Angeles Vendor Fair at L.A. Convention Center
April 27, 2001 - The Metro Red Line Subway is the Way to Go to Fiesta Broadway this Weekend
April 26, 2001 Metro Board Approves 2001 Long Range Transportation Plan ENTIRE STORY
April 26, 2001 - Metro Magazine Calls Metro one of "10 Most Improved Transit Systems"in North America
April 24, 2001 - Metro to Offer Bicyclists Free Rides on Metro Buses, Metro Rail Trains for 'Bike To Work Day' on May 17
April 20, 2001 - First Installation of Metro's "Photographic Light Boxes"to open Revolving Exhibition Space at Metro Rail Wilshire/Normandie Station.
April 20, 2001 - Metro Construction in Universal City Necessitates Closure of Hollywood Freeway Beginning Sunday April 22
April 17, 2001 - Metro Launches New Anti-Vandalism Campaign Aimed At Taggers, Parents and the Public
April 17, 2001 - Pico Rivera Council Member Beatrice Proo Appointed To Metro Board Of Directors
April 16, 2001 - Comprehensive Metro On-Board Bus/Rail Survey Will Determine Who's Using Metro System
April 12, 2001 - Metro Launches New Interactive Web Page To Get Public More Involved In Transit.
April 6, 2001 - Metro Releases Draft Environmental Study On Mid-City/Westside Transit Corridor Projects -- Public Hearings Scheduled
April 2, 2001 - Metro's Cream of the Crop Honored -- Operators, Mechanics and Supervisors Receive Special Awards for Years of First-Rate Job Performance and Good Deeds
APRIL 2, 2001 - Heads Up! Play It Safe! L.A. Galaxy Soccer Star Will Help Metro Promote Bus, Rail Safety Campaign Countywide
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March 2001
March 30, 2001 - Metro's State of the Bus Report Shows Dramatic Improvements to Metro Bus Service over Last Five Years
March 21, 2001 - Metro To Hold Public Workshop In Pomona April 9 To Review Long Range Transportation Plan
March 21, 2001 - Metro To Hold Public Workshop In Long Beach April 3 To Review Long Range Transportation Plan
March 20, 2001 - Metro Unveils New High Tech Stations On Metro Rapid Bus Ventura Boulevard Line In San Fernando Valley
March 20, 2001 - Metro To Hold Public Workshop In Pasadena April 5 To Review Long Range Transportation Plan
March 7, 2001 - Metro Announces More Public Workshops Throughout L.A. County on Long Range Transportation Plan
March 7, 2001 - Metro To Reroute Several Bus Lines Serving Colorado Boulevard In Pasadena During Street Construction Work
March 1, 2001- Metro Releases Draft Environmental Report For Eastside Light Rail Transit Project
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February 2001
February 27, 2001 - Metro Releases Draft Long Range Transportation Plan for Public Review
February 23, 2001 -Metro Construction in Universal City Necessitates the Closure of the Hollywood Freeway Beginning March 4
February 22, 2001 -Bond Sale Anticipated to Save Metro $30 Million
February 22, 2001 -Metro Rail Station to be Renamed in Honor of Rep. Julian Dixon
February 22, 2001 -Metro Board Approved Series of Route and Schedule Modifications to Metro Bus Service, Effective June 3
February 9, 2001 -Fibre Optic Sign Designed to Warn Pedestrians. Metro Evaluating "Second Train Coming"Sign
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January 2001
January 25, 2001 -December 2000 Complaints Lowest December Figures Since 1994
January 16, 2001 -Metro Encourages Valley Commuters To Swap Cars, Trucks For Subway
January 11, 2001 -Growing Number of Bus and Rail Station Bicycle Racks and Bicycle Lockers Expected to Attract New Transit Users
January 8, 2001 -Metro CEO Julian Burke Announces Plans To Leave Agency
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