“But we want to make clear that Metro has no tolerance for and will aggressively investigate any incidents of crime, harassment or intimidation on our system.” “We are in the process of reviewing all of them and will share our findings with the Metro board and the public soon,” Sotero said Tuesday. Metro spokesperson Dave Sotero said in a statement that as soon as the agency became aware of the incident, its teams began pulling video files to review what happened. Our trains need to be safe for our residents.” Because of a reporting error, the bus line’s endpoint was incorrect in a previous version of this story.“We have multimillion-dollar law enforcement contracts, Metro security and 300 Metro ambassadors who have been hired to ride our buses and trains - but where were they when this woman was beaten up on the Blue Line last week?” Hahn said in a statement Monday. The plan, the release added, is contingent on continued advances in technology that will increase bus travel range, reduce charging times and drop prices.Įditor’s note: Metro’s J Line, formerly the Silver Line, runs from San Pedro, through downtown Los Angeles and to El Monte. Metro’s electric buses cost $1.15 million each, the news release said. “Metro’s transition to electric buses on the G Line is a perfect example of a bold policy made real.” “The 2020s will be defined as the decade for climate action,” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said in an Oct. Metro began converting its bus fleet to electric buses in July 2020. In October, Metro replaced natural gas buses on the G (formerly Orange) Line in the San Fernando Valley with 40 new 60-foot zero-emissions buses, each boasting a 150-mile range on a single charge. Rush-hour freeway traffic is a ‘little better’ than before the pandemic in Inland Empire The Silver Line, she and other speakers from San Pedro said, would be a flow to the port town, which often feels neglected within the sprawling Los Angeles metropolis. 18, 2020, that cut the line short of San Pedro, instead introducing a unanimously approved motion directing Metro staff to meet with officials from Los Angeles County, LA city, the Port of Los Angeles and neighboring transit agencies to discuss possible joint-use and public-private opportunities for charging stations. Hahn earlier objected to the initial proposal on Nov. In exchange, the motion calls for extended-range buses. The Los Angeles Metro Board recently approved a motion by board members Janice Hahn, Hilda Solis, Holly Mitchell, James Butts and Mike Bonin to put in a change order for the 100 electric buses previously ordered for the Silver Line, now officially called the J Line after Metro nixed the traditional-and-still popular color system. That’s because there was no Metro-owned property in the port town where a charging station could be installed.īut now, it seems the Silver Line will continue visiting San Pedro - thanks to newer technology making longer-range electric buses available to provide for a full-service replacement. Under a Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority plan to put a new electrified Silver Line bus into service, the route would have ended at the Harbor Gateway Transit Center, about 10 miles shy of San Pedro. For more than a year, it appeared that San Pedro’s popular Silver Line bus - delivering riders from the port town, through downtown Los Angeles and to El Monte - was going to be cut short.
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