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L.A. Metro's Phil Washington stepping down; CEO expanded rail but saw bus ridership decline continue [Los Angeles Times]
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA L.A. Metro’s Phil Washington stepping down; CEO expanded rail but saw bus ridership decline continue [Los Angeles Times] The head of Los Angeles County’s transportation agency is leaving in May after a six-year tenure that helped lay the groundwork for an ambitious expansion of the local rail network. Phil Washington told Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, the chair of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board, in a letter Wednesday that he would not seek to extend his contract. Washington wrote that he will leave with “mixed emotions,” including prid...
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