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In 2019, the Metro Rail system served an average 295,889 passengers each weekday, totaling 93.2 million passengers in the calendar year. [2] Metro Rail is one of the largest rapid transit and light rail systems in the United States by ridership. [3] The system is complemented by two Metro Busway bus rapid transit lines.
The Los Angeles Metro Busway system consists of two bus rapid transit routes in Los Angeles County, California, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). The bus rapid transit lines which compose the Metro Busway network include the G Line and the J Line. The Metro Busway network operates on dedicated ...
LA Metro Ridership by Year [18] Year Bus Rail Total Change 2009 370,983,141: 92,540,577: 463,523,718: ... Google map of Metro Rail/Busway stations; Go Metro – Rail Map;
The line is so popular, that in 2014 users petitioned lawmakers to repeal the ban on light rail, [9] and Metro now plans to convert the busway to light rail by 2050. [10] After the successful launch of the busway in the San Fernando Valley, Metro decided to rebrand the county's other busways in an attempt to increase awareness. [11]
The Metro Busway system is meant to mimic the Metro Rail system, both in the vehicle's design and in the operation of the line. Vehicles stop at dedicated stations (except for the portion of the Metro J Line in Downtown Los Angeles), vehicles receive priority at intersections and are painted in a silver livery similar to Metro Rail vehicles.
As far back as the 1870s residents used mule-drawn streetcars that were later converted to electric-motorized cars by 1890. Commuter rail in Shreveport flourished for many decades, and rail car lines extended out to rural areas. In the 1930 the trolleys and rail cars were replaced by rubber-wheel trolleys and buses.
[15] [16] [17] Prevented from using the route for rail, Metro proceeded to create its first bus rapid transit line along the corridor, and despite further lawsuits from area residents, [18] the line opened on October 29, 2005, at a final cost of US$324 million or US$23 million per mile (US$505 million and US$35.9 million in 2023 adjusted for ...
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) has plans to add the current LA General Medical Center station on the El Monte Busway as an infill station to the San Bernardino Line. This would involve building a second track and center platform. The cost of this project is estimated between $51 million and $110 million ...