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Profile: Phil Washington, CEO of L.A. Metro

Phil Washington, in front of Los Angeles Metro’s Union Station, in June 2016. (Photo credit...

The man who runs public transit in Los Angeles — the biggest county in the nation, with 88 cities and 10 million people — grew up in the projects of Chicago’s South Side. With five sisters and a father who left the family before he was born, Phil Washington couldn’t be a kid for long. “I saw first hand how the lack of transportation services really impacts lives,”...

Metra to conduct 51 safety blitzes in 2017

Douglas Rahden

Safety employees will be at one of the commuter railroad’s 241 stations during the morning commute, distributing educational materials about train and grade crossing safety, answering questions and listening to commuters’ safety concerns.

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