{"id":448307,"date":"2026-08-30T20:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T20:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/448307\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T20:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T20:48:12","slug":"metro-marks-rail-safety-month-with-union-station-event-and-new-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/448307\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro marks Rail Safety Month with Union Station event and new video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/yo-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Metro will kick off Rail Safety Month<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morning and afternoon pop-ups will offer education, giveaways and discounted fare information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Sarah Lin<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los Angeles Metro will kick off Rail Safety Month with interactive pop-up events at Union Station on Tuesday, Sept. 1, and the premiere of a new animated safety video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The events will run from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the West Portal entrance to the B and D Lines and from 3 to 5 p.m. at the East Portal. Metro is partnering with Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services and Metrolink.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attendees can visit educational booths, pick up giveaways, learn about safe behavior around trains and tracks, and sign up for discounted fare programs, including Metro\u2019s LIFE program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Metro will also debut a new video in its Safetyville series titled \u201cNever Train Surf. Safety Begins with You.\u201d The animation highlights the dangers of train surfing and other risky behaviors near the rail system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Metro will kick off Rail Safety Month Morning and afternoon pop-ups will offer education, giveaways and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-448307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}