The monthly Metro Chats with Metro Board Chair Pam O’Connor haven’t exactly been informative in the past , even inciting Sean Bonner of LA Metblogs to go so far as to call them "publicity stunts filled with canned answers and non information. Incidentally, this Metro chat was supposed to be about Metro’s new draft Long Range Transportation Plan and ways to fund traffic relief — though as has been the case with all the other chats, the questions were mostly random inquiries — or complaints — people had about transportation issues in L. Still, Metro’s ramping up its efforts to get the public — especially the public on the web — engaged with the Long Range Transportation Plan. Yesterday, Metro launched a new "Imagine" site that collects the plan’s "story," the full draft of the plan, ways to contact Metro about the plan, and information about public meetings on an easy-to-navigate site, hopefully making it easier for Angelenos to get involved. So far, there’s just one post — penned not by an individual but by "Metro" — that’s basically an excerpt of the Plan’s stated goal . California/Local | National | World | Sports Opinion | Entertainment | Travel | Health L. read more

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