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The Transit Access Pass (TAP) is a contactless smart card used for automated fare collection on most public transport agencies within Los Angeles County, California.The card is also available in electronic form, free of charge, in Apple Wallet, thereby bypassing the need to purchase the plastic USD $2 card. [2]
Los Angeles Metro Bus is the transit bus service in Los Angeles County, California, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). In 2023, the system had a ridership of 222,919,700, or about 754,700 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.
As of June 2023, the Metro Bus system includes 117 routes, serving over 11,000 bus stops. [12] Most Metro Bus lines are local services, stopping at marked stops approximately every two blocks. Limited-stop Metro Rapid services stop only at major intersections, and Metro Express services utilize the extensive Southern California freeways to ...
In July 2004, an appeal by a local citizens' group known as C.O.S.T. (Citizens Organized for Smart Transit) was successful in convincing the California Courts of Appeal to order a temporary halt to construction, claiming a network of Metro Rapid bus lines should have been studied as a possible alternative to the Metro Orange Line. The legal ...
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 ...
The first motor bus hit the San Diego area streets in 1922, operating between National City and Chula Vista. Over the next two decades, the rail lines would gradually be replaced by motor buses, and on April 24, 1949, the last rail service was discontinued, making San Diego the first major city in California to convert to an all-bus system. [5]
Metro J Line bus arriving at Los Angeles General Medical Center station on the El Monte Busway The first busway in the Los Angeles area was the El Monte Busway , which opened in January 1973. The El Monte Busway, which runs parallel to the San Bernardino Freeway , offered an 18-minute trip between El Monte and Downtown Los Angeles , compared to ...
The G Line (formerly the Orange Line) is a bus rapid transit line in Los Angeles, California, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). It operates between Chatsworth and North Hollywood stations in the San Fernando Valley .