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By Joe Linton

9:43 AM PDT on April 21, 2025

Comparing March 2025 to March 2024, Metro bus ridership grew 2.7% and Metro rail ridership grew 1.6%. Image via Metro staff presentation linked below

Mayor Bass State of City, Proposed Budget Drop Today (LAT, KCAL, L.A. Podcast)
- Watch Bass State of the City Address Live At Noon Today
Metro Transit Ridership Grew For 28th Consecutive Month (Staff Report)
New DTLA Arts District Bike Lanes (SBLA Bluesky)
Metrolink Offers Free Rides For Earth Day Tomorrow (KCAL)
Vandals Chainsaw Dozens Of Mature DTLA Trees (LAT)
Torched On Transit Connections To Olympic Venues
Caltrans Plans $144M Revamp of Sepulveda Pass 405 Freeway Pavement, Guardrails (Daily News, KFI)
Former Councilmember De Leon Faces $18K Ethics Fines (LAT)
Carnage: DUI Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Torrance Pedestrian (KABC)
- Two Easter Morning Freeway Fatalities (LAT)
- Driver Killed In 210 Freeway Crash In Glendora (Daily News)
- One Dead, Four Hospitalized In Anaheim Freeway Crash (KCAL)
- Car Crash Critically Injures LB Motorcyclist (LB Post)
New Community Land Trust In Santa Ana (Voice of OC)

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