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Brief Updates from June Los Angeles Metro Committee Meetings: Ridership, Service Changes, and More
Metro ridership is growing, Metro low income (LIFE) program analysis, service changes this Sunday, Metro prepares for World Cup soccer, and an upcoming report on ICE rail impacts.
June 20, 2025
Should We Treat the Local Bus As a Basic Right?
There's a way of framing public transit that makes the bus a useful mobility tool for everyone: as a moving extension of the sidewalk network.
Andy Boenau
May 19, 2025
Culver CityBus Launching Automated Bus Lane Enforcement
If you drive in Culver City, don't block a bus lane or bus stop, or you risk receiving a $293 citation
March 17, 2025
Metro Updates: Ridership Keeps Growing, Construction, and More
Metro ridership has grown for 26 consecutive months, plus brief updates on Metro projects: 5 Freeway widening, 57/60 Freeway widening, 105 Freeway widening, G Line, Union Station, Southeast Gateway line, East SFV, and more
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February 25, 2025
Is the Intercity Bus About To Have Its Big Moment?
Intercity bus had an unexpectedly strong year — and some analysts think even greater things are on the horizon.
February 20, 2025
Metro Ridership Keeps Growing, with a Million Daily Riders in October
Metro ridership has grown steadily for the past two years, with October, a second straight month of million-plus daily boardings, setting a pandemic-era record
November 22, 2024
Metro Ridership Snapshot Suggests Added Service, Bus Lanes, and Walk/Bike Projects Increase Riders
Overall Metro ridership grew 7.5 percent year-over-year, but some rail and bus lines grew 10-20+ percent. SBLA explores factors that influenced outsized system-leading ridership increases.
November 8, 2024
Metro Rider Updates: C/K Lines, Bus Lane Cameras, TAP-to-Exit, and Cell Service
Cameras on Metro buses are now enforcing bus lanes! Metro K Line Aviation/Century Station opens this Sunday, with changed C and K Line operations. TAP-to-exit and cell phone reception are expanding.
November 4, 2024
Metro Weekday Ridership Surpasses One Million
Metro ridership is at 86 percent of pre-pandemic levels, well ahead of the nationwide average of 76 percent
October 17, 2024
Curitiba: 50 Years of Lessons from the World’s First ‘Bus Rapid Transit’
Curitiba’s BRT system is elemental to the city’s identity — but has not escaped hardships.
October 17, 2024
