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L.A. Metro To Host Three Traffic Reduction Study Meetings This Month

City News ServiceFebruary 4, 2021

The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority will hold three virtual public meetings this month to present the public with ideas for a potential pilot program to study reducing traffic, officials said today. The two-year study will try to determine if strategies like congestion pricing and transportation options could make it easier for people to get around the area, Metro stated. A recommended pilot will be brought to the Metro board in partnership with one or more cities for their consideration. Metro officials say long-term regional growth has outpaced efforts to ease traffic, and while traffic was reduced during the COVID-19

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Metro Opens Android Phones to ‘TAP’ Payments

Sentinel News ServiceFebruary 4, 2021

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority today launched the regional TAP transit smartcard on Android phones.
   The TAP — short for Transit Access Pass — is an app that also provides a safe and contactless way to pay transit fare on Metro and 25 additional TAP transit agencies in L.A. County.

Meet the Decision Makers: Leaders on the Move Honors Mayor Butts and LADWP Commissioner McClain-Hill
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Meet the Decision Makers: Leaders on the Move Honors Mayor Butts and LADWP Commissioner McClain-Hill

Sentinel News ServiceMarch 12, 2020

The fifth annual Upgrade LA: Meet the Decision Makers African American History Month Business Breakfast was held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on Thursday, February 27, 2020. Meet the Decision Makers celebrated two dynamic, high profile officials – Hon. James T. Butts, Jr., the Mayor of Inglewood and Commissioner Cynthia McClain-Hill, the Vice President of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Commission.