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General public comment - and Ops Cmte meeting adjourned. Next Metro board meeting is full board meeting on Thursday 10/22.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 5h

Padilla introduces motion - regarding Sun Valley, Pacoima, Roxford double-tracking - station first/last mile, parking. Report back in 180 days - goes to full board vote next week.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 5h

Public comment includes @enforcethefares.org - more discussion of loud music. Policing report received and filed.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 5h

Metro Operations Committee meeting: now on monthly policing report boardagendas.metro.net/board-report... Quarterly establishing-new-inhouse-PD report postponed to next week's full board meeting.

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2026-0630 - MONTHLY UPDATE ON PUBLIC SAFETY - Metro Board

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 5h

Some discussion of attracting retaining higher income riders. Rider survey item received and filed.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6h

Yaroslavsky says this happened on her train too. Chief Scott says ambassadors have been able to quiet loud music. Yaroslavsky urges ambassadors to stay on train with riders causing incidents.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6h

Discussion of loud music on transit. Hahn mentions experiencing this once, and bus driver was reluctant to speak to loud rider. Impacts to sight- and hearing-impaired riders. Hahn asks how does Metro enforce code of conduct?

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6h

Supervisor Hahn speaks about her monthly J Line experience. Hahn says one time bus was 20 minutes late on a 98-degree day, then the bus that arrived was packed. Stresses that more frequent, more reliable service is very important.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6h

Here are a few of the Metro rider survey results slides - findings indicate things getting better ("paint points" decreasing)

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6h

Quite a bit of customer experience survey details in the staff presentation metro.legistar1.com/metro/attach...

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6h

Metro Operations Committee meeting: now on report on Metro Customer Experience (CX) Pulse Survey deep dive on Safety and Customer Pain Points boardagendas.metro.net/board-report...

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2026-0706 - CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE EVALUATION—CX PULSE SURVEY OVERVIEW - Metro Board

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6h

Water Taxi report received and filed by Operations Committee.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6h

Water Taxi discussion Staff: Next step is to get an agreement with LB Transit. Hahn: Do you really need that if Metro is the operator?

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6h

Hahn happy about Water Taxi. Wants Caltrans to support it during bridge closure, but resigned that this is not happening. Regarding skepticism of Metro as operator "How hard can it be? It's just water."

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6h

Staff says coordination with LA28 and Long Beach still needed before water taxi is a sure thing.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6h

Water Taxi presentation - up to $1M in Prop A funds approved to partially fund water taxi operations during 2028 Games metro.legistar1.com/metro/attach...

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6h

Metro Operations Committee meeting: now on item 39 - report back on financing Long Beach-San Pedro water taxi service boardagendas.metro.net/board-report...

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2026-0661 - UPDATE ON COLLABORATIVE FUNDING STRATEGY FOR WATER TAXI SERVICE BETWEEN SAN PEDRO AND LONG BEACH - Metro Board

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6h

Hahn Pico Rivera Station motion approved by Operations Committee.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6h

Public comment: many Pico Rivera speakers in support of future Pico Rivera Station - in support of Hahn motion

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6h

Hahn motion (agenda item 42) would keep ball rolling on planning Pico Rivera station - allocates $6M boardagendas.metro.net/board-report...

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2026-0770 - COMMUTER RAIL STATION IN THE CITY OF PICO RIVERA PROJECT SEED FUNDING, CA HIGH SPEED RAIL DELIVERY AND IMPLEMENTATION MOTION - Metro Board

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6h

Supervisor Hahn enthusiastic about proposed Pico Rivera Station - says better ridership, and Commerce is being relocated already - says local cities Commerce, Montebello, Pico Rivera support

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6h

Map is from Metro presentation metro.legistar1.com/metro/attach...

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 6h

Pico Rivera station presentation map - shows to-be-relocated Commerce Station and proposed Pico Rivera Station

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 7h

CA High-Speed Rail is planning to relocate the Commerce/Montebello Metrolink Station - idea is to close it and open new station in Pico Rivera.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 7h

Metro Ops Cmte mtg: now on report back on proposed Pico Rivera Metrolink Station boardagendas.metro.net/board-report...

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2026-0739 - PICO RIVERA METROLINK STATION - Metro Board

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 7h

COO report also shows canceled service [overall good: consistently around 1%], football game service, bus roadeo competition.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 7h

September 2026 weekday daily ridership data shows year-on-year bus ridership up +1.4%, and rail ridership up +12.4% - led by new D Line extension resulting in +26.8%

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 7h

Metro Operations Committee meeting - now on COO report. Presentation is online athttps://metro.legistar1.com/metro/attachments/dad10db8-1e38-4bb2-80fb-07f8c6a0f457.pdf

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 7h

Consent calendar approved (5 items: LRT car rehab, ExpressLanes CHP, CNG engines, Fwy Svc Patrol, LRT car overhaul) now on to employees of the month item boardagendas.metro.net/board-report...

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2026-0641 - OPERATIONS EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH - Metro Board

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 7h

Listening in on 1pm Metro board Operations Committee meeting - about to get underway. Follow online at boardagendas.metro.net/event/operat...

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Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee - Metro Board

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 7h

Above graph is from October COO report here metro.legistar1.com/metro/attach...

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 7h

Oddly Metro's monthly Operations Committee ridership graph kinda buried/missed (?) the lede. This month it graphs/notes quarterly ridership only. Not sure why.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 8h

Metro September 2026 daily ridership exceeded one million for the first time since So Cal ICE raids intensified in June 2025.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 8h

Metro Exec Mgmt Cmte adjourned. Next up - at 1pm today - monthly Metro Operations Committee meeting

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 8h

Metro Exec Mgmt Cmte mtg: monthly update on Metro homelessness HOME programs boardagendas.metro.net/board-report... Received and filed.

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2026-0636 - HOMELESS OUTREACH MANAGEMENT & ENGAGEMENT (HOME) QUARTERLY REPORT AND YEAR-TO-DATE - Metro Board

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 8h

Bass moves item 29 (quarterly report on setting up internal Metro police department) to full board meeting next week stating that she has a motion that she will introduce then - regarding mental health, & mental health training boardagendas.metro.net/board-report...

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2026-0639 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE - Metro Board

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 8h

Bass praises setting up Metro police department. Monthly policing report received and filed.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 8h

Customer/Station Experience update: MacArthur Park Throne restroom time limit cut from 10 min to 5. Unused E Line parking cleaned up. Color strips try to get people to TAP at ungated stations.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 8h

Metro Exec Mgmt Cmte mtg: now on monthly Transit Policing report boardagendas.metro.net/board-report...

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2026-0630 - MONTHLY UPDATE ON PUBLIC SAFETY - Metro Board

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 8h

Sandoval praises 71 Freeway widening. Bass praises Vermont Avenue BRT. Legislative update received and filed.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 8h

Metro board Exec Mgmt Cmte meeting: now on state/federal legislative report. Federal issues: continuing resolution, grants (Vermont BRT, 71 Freeway widening). State: extended bus lane camera enforcement, and SB79 reform (prevent transit opposition)

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 9h

Committee skips presentation - metro.legistar1.com/metro/attach... Item received and filed.

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 9h

Metro Exec Mgmt Cmte mtg: now on public private partnership "P3" plan - a response to an earlier board motion by former boardmember Dutra boardagendas.metro.net/board-report...

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Joe Linton @lintonjoe.bsky.social · 9h