L.A. Metro Plans for an Equitable Recovery
The pandemic has forced difficult confrontations with inequities that existed long before the novel coronavirus. L.A. Metro planners are responding by charting a path toward a transportation system that reverses and improves those previous realities. December 16, 2020, 12pm PST | James Brasuell |
Robert V Schwemmer
Plans for post-pandemic recovery are taking shape at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro).
Early in the pandemic, Metro CEO Phil Washington appointed a Recovery Task Force comprised of Metro staff members to chart a path to recovery that accomplishes more than getting riders back onto transit and balancing the budget. This recovery plan is intended to build a more effective, equitable, and sustainable transportation system than the one that served the county before the arrival of the coronavirus.