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Eyes on the Street: New Florence Avenue Bus Lanes
Just west of the Florence A Line Station, L.A. County has installed bright red bus only lane pavement markings
September 16, 2025
Metro Ridership Keeps Growing; August Boardings Set Pandemic-Era Weekend Records
August and July weekday ridership saw the twentieth and twenty-first months of year-over-year Metro ridership increases: nearly a million daily riders
September 19, 2024
Roscoe Blvd Bus-Priority Lanes Are Open
At 10.4 miles (20.8 lane-miles) Roscoe Boulevard now has the most bus-only lane mileage of any street in Southern California
August 29, 2024
Friday News Bits: BikeLA, Metro Freeway Expansion, and More
Metro transit ridership continues to grow, closing in on pre-pandemic levels. A Metro committee approved $207M for two freeway expansion projects. And BikeLA is downsizing.
November 17, 2023
Eyes on the Street: New Bus Lanes on Sepulveda and Ventura Boulevards
6.5 miles of new bus lane on Sepulveda and Ventura Boulevard - the first bus-only lanes in the San Fernando Valley. More bus lanes and lane enforcement on the way
October 23, 2023
Metro Looks to Approve On-Bus Camera Enforcement Ticketing Drivers Who Park in Bus Lanes
On-bus camera enforcement has the potential to improve bus speed and reliability, improving the lives of millions of Angelenos.
October 18, 2023
Venice Boulevard Bus and Bike Upgrade Project Completed
2.1 miles of new bus lanes, and 2.5 miles of conventional bike lanes upgraded to parking-protected... but also a couple of gaps
June 27, 2023
Bus Updates: More Reliable Bus Service, Bus Lanes, Electric Buses All Coming Soon
Metro transit is improving - with more service, more reliability, more bus lanes, more bus lane enforcement, and new battery electric buses
January 19, 2023
Overview of Metro’s Proposed Fiscal Year 22-23 Budget
Metro's $8.8 billion FY22-23 budget includes transit service hours returning to pre-COVID levels, but so did the FY21-22 budget. Metro is also increasing annual funding for freeway expansion, while decreasing annual funding for transit expansion.
May 10, 2022
Metro and LADOT Planning Bus Lanes on Florence Avenue in South L.A.
New Florence Avenue bus lanes would extend 5.3 miles from Crenshaw/LAX Line Fairview Heights Station (West Boulevard) to the A (Blue) Line Florence Station
May 3, 2022
