Buses
Friday Metro Transit Updates: Ridership Growing, Service Changes, and Electric Bus Charger Issues
Metro daily ridership is back up to nearly a million riders per weekday. Some Metro electric bus chargers aren't working. Metro's twice yearly bus service changes take effect Sunday, including service increases on three San Fernando Valley lines.
Transit YouTuber Rides Forty L.A. County Bus Systems in Three Days
Boston-based transit YouTuber: "overall L.A.'s transit is genuinely good... Metro's frequent network is really impressive, and at least in my experience, their buses tended to run remarkably on time"
All-Door Boarding Coming Soon to Metro Buses Systemwide
Metro is installing TAP card readers by this December, with all-door boarding coming soon after. Faster boarding means faster buses.
Transit Expert Jarrett Walker has Advice for Los Angeles
Jarrett Walker talks choice riders, all-door boarding, bus lanes, BRT, and making the bus system more legible
San Fernando Valley Bus/Bike Updates: G Line, Roscoe Bus Lanes, Laurel Canyon Bike Lanes
Short newly protected bike lane on Laurel Canyon Blvd, extensive NSFV bus improvements under construction this month, and scaled-back G Line plans should get that project under construction this summer
Metro Board Funds Free Student Transit Pass Program through July 2025
Metro student free passes funded another year - plus other updates from today's Metro board meeting
Where L.A. City Will Add New Bus-Only Lanes
New bus lanes are coming to Broadway, Colorado Blvd., Crenshaw Blvd, Lincoln Blvd., Los Feliz Blvd., Santa Monica Blvd., Valley Blvd., Vermont Avenue, Westwood Blvd., Whittier Blvd. and many more city streets!
Many Cities Get Free Bike and Bus Upgrades from New Development
L.A. City could shift current resources that today go to widening streets - and instead upgrade sidewalks, bus stops, and bike lanes - especially when new development pays for it
Firefighters Oppose L.A. City Safe Streets Initiative Measure HLA
"I hate to tell you," California Professional Firefighters President Brian Rice said, "California and Los Angeles in particular, this is a car community. You may not like it, but it is."
Metro Touts Full Year of Transit Ridership Growth
Metro ridership numbers grew steadily throughout 2023, and appear very likely return to more than a million weekday daily riders by early 2024
