Skip to Content
Streetsblog Los Angeles home
Streetsblog Los Angeles home
Log In
bus lanes

Metro Expands Bus Lane Automated Ticketing to Olive/Grand in DTLA

Never park in a bus-only lane. Never park at a bus stop.

Metro J Line bus along the Olive Street bus lane in downtown Los Angeles. Photos by Joe Linton

This week Metro and the city of Los Angeles Transportation Department (LADOT) began the second phase of automated bus lane enforcement. In February, on-bus camera ticketing is got started on Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Boulevard. In March, warning tickets started on the Olive Street and Grand Avenue bus lane couplet in downtown L.A.

As of yesterday, on-bus AI cameras on Olive and Grand buses, including the Metro J Line, are issuing $293 tickets to cars parked illegally in bus lanes or at bus stops. Both the Olive and Grand bus lanes are in effect from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday.

LAist reported that the initial phase (on Wilshire and La Brea) cameras issued nearly 15,000 tickets in the first two months.

Grand Avenue bus-only lane in Downtown Los Angeles

(Full disclosure: Metro's bus lane camera contractor Hayden AI is an advertiser with Streetsblog. Hayden AI was not consulted on this post.)

Stay in touch

Sign up for our free newsletter

More from Streetsblog Los Angeles

Supes Move to Restore Measure J

Supes look to fix an oopsie that lead to accidentally repealing criminal justice reforms.

July 16, 2025

City Breaks Ground on Mid-City Greenways Bike/Walk Improvements

The 4+mile Mid-City Greenways project is focused on three streets: Rosewood Avenue, Formosa Avenue, and Orange Drive

July 15, 2025

SGV Connect 138 – Reclaimers Resisting Eviction

Benito Flores, one of the Reclaimers, is resisting eviction to draw attention to inequities with how housing laws are being applied to people experiencing homelessness

See all posts