LA Metro

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors approved a 23-month pilot program Thursday that will make Metro buses and trains free for students starting in August and for all low-income riders starting in January.

Service will be suspended between the Long Beach Boulevard and the Vermont/Athens stations from 9 p.m. Friday until the end of service Sunday.

Biden-Harris transition team officials Tuesday announced that Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority CEO Phillip Washington will head up their transit agency review team.