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Metro’s Bold Plan to Transform Transportation

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) CEO Phillip A. Washington today unveiled staff recommendations for an expenditure plan as part of a possible November ballot measure that would fund a wide variety of transit and highway projects, roadway improvements and pedestrian and bike paths to be built over the next four decades.

Metro CEO, Phillip A. Washington Driving MTA into the Future

Decorated Army Seargeant chosen to lead nation’s third largest transit authority. The national search to find the next Chief Executive Officer at Metro halted swiftly after the Metro board of directors examined the qualifications of Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) General Manager, Phillip A. Washington. In the L.A. Sentinel’s exclusive interview with Washington, his powerful personal story about his own experiences and his perspective about social equity was bold and unapologetic. “Yes, there was a search process and I did interview with some competition out there; yes, there was a process. And I’m happy to say that I was successful,”