All LADOT Commuter Express services are operating on their original schedules now, as the bus driver shortage resulting from the change of contractors has been resolved.

Thursday, May 15, is Bike-To-Work day.Anyone taking a bike or bike helmet on an MTA bus with them will ride free on May 15.

Thirteen new articulated buses are now operating on several Long Beach Transit routes, primarily on the "ZAP" limited stop line along 7th St.

UCLA students who use their BruinGo cards to ride Santa Monica Big Blue Buses will now pay an extra 25-cents to do so, in order to defer some of the program's costs.

OCTA staff at the March 24 Board meeting noted ridership on the four 24-hour owl routes and new route 62 has been rapidly increasing since service started in Sept. 2002 and surpassed six-month ridership goals.

MARTA (San Bernardino Mountains) has a new website at http://www.marta.cc. There are now two separate services from San Bernardino to Big Bear and to Lake Arrowhead, as well as a new local fixed-route service in the Lake Arrowhead area.

Victor Valley Transit now provides reverse commute service from Rancho Cucamonga and San Bernardino into Victorville, enabling passengers in the Inland Empire to ride into Victorville for the day. Some reverse trips stop at the same stops that the regular commute service uses, others end at Victor Valley College. Current schedules are available at http://www.vvta.org

VVTA commuter fares are now $4.50 each way (down from $9), as the local air pollution district is temporarily subsidizing the fares for six months....

Over in Ventura County, the VISTA bus service will not increase fares (at first, it was thought necessary to match fares with SCAT, which will increase fares to $1.25)

Member James Gusky informs us the Regional Transportation Commission in Las Vegas is proposing a commuter rail line running on Union Pacific trackage linking Las Vegas and Henderson using Diesel Mobile Units (much like the Sprinter that will soon operate between Escondido and Oceanside).