Los Angeles Metro Busway

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Metro Busway
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Overview
Locale Los Angeles County, California
Transit type Bus rapid transit
Number of lines2
Number of stations29
Website metro.net
Operation
Began operationOctober 29, 2005;17 years ago (2005-10-29)
Operator(s) Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)
Technical
System length55.7 mi (89.6 km)
System map
Los Angeles Metro System Map.png
Los Angeles Metro Busway
G Line LACMTA Square G Line.svg  
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Chatsworth
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Nordhoff
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Roscoe
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Sherman Way
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Canoga
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De Soto
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Pierce College
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Tampa
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Reseda
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Balboa
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Woodley
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Sepulveda
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Van Nuys
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Woodman
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Valley College
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Laurel Canyon/Valley Village
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North Hollywood
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J Line LACMTA Square J Line.svg  
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El Monte
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Cal State LA
Metrolink icon.svg
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↓ left-side running
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LA County+USC Medical Center
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I-5 (1961).svg I-5
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Union Station
BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Metrolink icon.svg Bus-logo.svg LACMTA Circle A Line.svg   LACMTA Circle B Line.svg   LACMTA Circle D Line.svg  
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↑ El Monte Busway (left-side running)
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Los Angeles St
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Spring St/1st St (LA City Hall)
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1st St/Hill St (Civic Ctr)
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↓ Grand │ Olive ↑
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3rd St/Kosciuszko Wy (Grand/Bunker Hill)
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5th St (Pershing Sq)
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↓ Grand │ Olive ↑
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6th St/Flower St
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↑ Figueroa │ Flower ↓
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7th St (7th St/Metro Ctr)
LACMTA Circle A Line.svg   LACMTA Circle B Line.svg   LACMTA Circle D Line.svg   LACMTA Circle E Line.svg  
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Olympic Bl
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Pico Bl (Pico)
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Washington Bl (Grand/LATTC)
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23rd St (LATTC/Ortho Inst)
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Adams Bl
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37th Street/USC
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Slauson
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Manchester
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Harbor Freeway (I-105 (1961).svg I-105)
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Rosecrans
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↑ Harbor Transitway
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Harbor Gateway
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Victoria St/190th St
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Carson
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Pacific Coast Highway
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Harbor Beacon Park & Ride
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Beacon St/1st St
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Pacific Av/1st St
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Pacific Av/7th St
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Pacific Av/11th St
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Pacific Av/15th St
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Pacific Av/21st St
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Wheelchair symbol.svg All stations are accessible

Busway station
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Busway transfer station
On-street stop
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Metro Busway (previously known as Metro Liner and Metro Transitway) is a system of bus rapid transit (BRT) routes that operate primarily along exclusive or semi-exclusive roadways known locally as a busway or transitway. There are currently two lines serving 29 stations (not including street stops) in the system, the G Line in the San Fernando Valley, and the J Line between El Monte, Downtown Los Angeles and Gardena, with some trips continuing to San Pedro. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) operates the system.

Contents

The G Line, which runs along an exclusive busway, was the first route in the system to open on October 29, 2005. The J Line opened on December 13, 2009, utilizing the pre-existing Harbor Transitway and El Monte Busway, semi-exclusive roadways that are used by both buses and as high-occupancy toll lanes.

Metro Busway routes are designed to mimic Metro Rail services, in both the vehicles' design and their operation. Buses on both lines use a silver livery (similar to the one used on Metro Rail), passengers can board at any door, and vehicles receive priority at intersections. Like Metro Rail, Metro Busway operates on a proof-of-payment honor system, and passengers who have a fare loaded on a TAP card can board from any door. TAP cards can be purchased at vending machines located at stations.

System

Lines

Metro Busway lines are named as part of the naming scheme used for Metro Rail lines, however, the colored icons for the Metro Busway lines are squares instead of the circles used for Metro Rail lines.

Two Metro Busway lines operate in Los Angeles County: [1]

Line nameOpening [1] Length [1] Stations [1] Termini
LACMTA Square G Line.svg  G Line 200517.7 mi (28.5 km)17 Chatsworth (west)
North Hollywood (east)
LACMTA Square J Line.svg  J Line 2009 [lower-alpha 1] 38 mi (61 km)12 El Monte Station (north)
Harbor Gateway Transit Center (south)
Downtown San Pedro (south)
  1. While the roadways the J Line operates on opened as the El Monte Busway in 1973 and as the Harbor Transitway in 1996, the J Line was not established as a through route until 2009 (when it was referred to as the Silver Line).

Corridors

The elevated viaduct of the Harbor Transitway that the Metro J Line operates on. Harbor Fwy Upper Deck2.jpg
The elevated viaduct of the Harbor Transitway that the Metro J Line operates on.

These services operate on three primary corridors (in addition to city streets, where necessary):

History

Metro J Line bus arriving at LAC+USC Medical Center station on the El Monte Busway LAC & USC Med. Center Metro Silver Line Station- 6.JPG
Metro J Line bus arriving at LAC+USC 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 and ran parallel to Interstate 10 (San Bernardino Freeway), offering an 18-minute trip between El Monte and Downtown Los Angeles, compared to 35–45 minutes in the general-purpose lanes. [2] The facility was a success with about 32,000 boardings per day on lines that used the busway as of November 2000. [3]

Metro J Line bus stopped at Slauson station on the Harbor Transitway Slauson Silver Line Station southbound platform. The new information stands were burly posted last month..jpg
Metro J Line bus stopped at Slauson station on the Harbor Transitway

The area's second busway, the Harbor Transitway opened in 1996 offering a new connection between Gardena and Downtown Los Angeles. Ridership on the Harbor Transitway was radically lower than expected: Caltrans had projected that 65,200 passengers would travel along the Harbor Transitway each day, but after 10 years, the facility had only attracted 3,000 passengers per weekday. [3]

A third busway to be built in the region came after community revolt against a proposed light rail line. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) acquired the Southern Pacific Burbank Branch right of way intending to utilize the corridor for light rail trains. Neighbors successfully petitioned lawmakers to pass a ban on utilizing transit tax revenue for anything other than an extension of the existing subway into the San Fernando Valley. [4] [5] However, the passage of Proposition A in 1998 cut off funding for any subway projects. With both subway and light rail now legally prohibited, but with growing political pressure to utilize the former railbed, the last available option was a dedicated busway. This proposal was also opposed by neighborhood groups; however, since the previous law did not prohibit it, it moved forward. [6] The busway opened as the Orange Line (now G Line) on October 29, 2005. The line was a success, attracting nearly 23,000 boardings per day in the first year it was open, and nearly 30,000 boardings per day by 2013. [7] The line is so popular, that in 2014 users petitioned lawmakers to repeal the ban on light rail, [8] and Metro now plans to convert the busway to light rail by 2050. [9]

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. [10] In March 2006, Metro decided that the Harbor Transitway would be colored bronze and the El Monte Busway would be colored silver on Metro's maps and the two would be marketed as a "Combined Transitway Service." No changes were made in the operations of the bus routes operated on either facility. The changes were criticized as being difficult to understand for irregular and new riders. [11]

In 2009, Metro returned to plan it first proposed in 1993 [12] and created a new bus rapid transit service called the Silver Line (now J Line) utilizing both the Harbor Transitway and the El Monte Busway. The new higher frequency service would be funded by converting both corridors into high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes, to be branded as the Metro ExpressLanes. The bus route began operations on December 13, 2009. Since the J Line's start, Metro has refurbished the aging stations along both the Harbor Transitway and the El Monte Busway, bringing them closer to the amenities provided along the G Line's busway. The plan has led to higher ridership along the corridor, especially along the Harbor Transitway. [7]

On June 30, 2012, the busway used by the G Line buses was extended northward to the Chatsworth Metrolink station, continuing to follow the former Southern Pacific Burbank Branch right-of-way owned by Metro. [13]

Route names referring to colors were changed to letters in 2020, with the Orange Line becoming the G Line and the Silver Line becoming the J Line.

The following table shows the timeline of BRT expansions:

Segment descriptionDate openedLine(s)Endpoints# of new
stations
Busway
length
(miles)
Metro Orange Line initial segmentOctober 29, 2005 LACMTA Square G Line.svg   North HollywoodWarner Center 1314
Canoga stationDecember 27, 2006 LACMTA Square G Line.svg   Canoga 1 [lower-alpha 1]
Metro Silver Line initial segmentDecember 13, 2009 LACMTA Square J Line.svg   El MonteHarbor Gateway 9 [lower-alpha 2] 26
37th Street/USC stationDecember 12, 2010 LACMTA Square J Line.svg   37th Street/USC 1 [lower-alpha 3]
Metro Orange Line Chatsworth ExtensionJune 30, 2012 LACMTA Square G Line.svg  Canoga – Chatsworth 44
Metro Silver Line San Pedro ExtensionDecember 13, 2015 LACMTA Square J Line.svg  Harbor Gateway – San Pedro (Pacific/21st Street)28
Warner Center ShuttleJune 24, 2018 LACMTA Square G Line.svg  Warner Center station removed-1 [lower-alpha 4]
TOTAL2944

Notes:

  1. Canoga was an infill station on the Metro Orange Line, which opened one year later in 2006. The station was built to provide a parking lot near the Warner Center western terminus.
  2. Although the route started in December 2009, the stations used are much older. The El Monte Busway stations opened in 1973 and the Harbor Transitway stations opened in 1996.
  3. When the Metro Silver Line station opened in 2009, buses did not serve the existing 37th Street/USC station (built in 1997) due to detours from the construction of the Metro Expo Line. Service to the station was added one year later in 2010.
  4. The Canoga to Warner Center segment was removed and replaced with a high-frequency shuttle route that serves a larger area of Warner Center.

Future

Metro plans to add additional Metro Busway lines; some projects may have their timelines accelerated under its Twenty-eight by '28 initiative.

On March 17, 2021, Metro staff came forward with five corridors that the agency could pursue to have Bus Rapid Transit implemented in them. [14]

ConceptDescriptionConstructionOperationalStatusRef.
North San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor This project was supposed to be a new east-west Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route connecting Metro's Chatsworth's Metrolink Station to the North Hollywood station in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. As of May 2022, Metro has dropped the single BRT line approach and instead focuses on improving local bus service via peak hour bus lanes on Roscoe Boulevard and signal priority on seven other lines. The project also adds around 400 bus shelters and 80 bus bulbs throughout the San Fernando Valley. Five major bus stops will receive key improvements (two at CSUN), including larger shelters, more seating, new real-time and wayfinding information, and better lighting. Project implementation is expected to begin in fall 2023 and be completed by winter 2025.20232025Approved [15] [16] [17]
North Hollywood to Pasadena Transit Corridor Creates a new east–west BRT route connecting Metro's Memorial Park station in Pasadena to the North Hollywood station in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley with stops in Eagle Rock, Glendale and Burbank. Metro currently has Measure M and SB-1 state funds to create the line. Project is set to cost under $267 million to construct. The BRT is expected to begin construction by 2024 and open by 2027 with approximately 22 stations. Part of the Twenty-eight by '28 initiative.20242027Approved [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
Vermont Transit Corridor Create a new north–south subway route down Vermont Avenue extending the HRT B Line at the Wilshire/Vermont Station south, to the Metro E Line and C Line. Included as a Tier 2 Strategic Unfunded Plan project in 2009 Long Range Transportation Plan; a Bus rapid transit line has been funded in the near term by Measure M, but studies will be conducted for possible heavy rail transit, as the Vermont corridor is Metro's second busiest public transportation corridor.20202024Three LPA analysis funded / Pending Draft EIR for BRT [18] [23]
LACMTA Square G Line.svg   G LRT conversion Converting the current G Line Bus Rapid Transit route into LRT. Made possible after the 2014 repeal of state legislation prohibiting LRT along the G Line right of way, which had been enacted due to neighborhood opposition in the 1990s. Bridges along the busway are designed to LRT standards, but the project would require substantial service disruption as the roadway is replaced by rails and catenary wire installed. Some Valley politicians and pressure groups have endorsed the proposal; critics have suggested funding would be better spent on adding new lines along other corridors in the Valley. Long-term plans include complete conversion in phases with full replacement by 2057. Metro began BRT upgrades in 2018 by adding more grade crossing gates, two new viaducts at Van Nuys Blvd and Sepulveda Blvd, reducing travel time by 20%.20512057No current funds available for LRT until 2051 [24] [9] [25]
LACMTA Circle C Line.svg   Lincoln Blvd BRT/LRT Line Extend the LRT C Line from LAX northwest to Venice and Santa Monica Beach and possibly connect with the E Line's western terminus. The C Line was originally engineered to maintain compatibility with this extension. Included in City of Los Angeles Westside Mobility Plan, and as a Tier 2 Strategic Unfunded Plan project in 2009 Long Range Transportation Plan.20432047No LPA or EIR conducted [18] [26]

See also

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">North Hollywood station</span> Los Angeles Metro Rail station

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">El Monte Busway</span> Los Angeles Metro Busway

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The Metro ExpressLanes project is a transport project in Los Angeles County, California that debuted in 2012 to "improve traffic flow and provide enhanced travel options on I-10 and I-110 in Los Angeles County". It includes a range of infrastructure developments on the Harbor Transitway and the El Monte Busway. The existing high-occupancy lanes on these transitways were converted to high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes. Associated works included a major upgrade to El Monte bus station, expansion of Metrolink's Pomona Station, the creation of a new transit station at Union Station and increased park and ride capacity and bike lockers at many transit stations. In addition, new vanpool vehicles and buses will be purchased. The project was delivered by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the California Department of Transportation, and others. The budget was $290 million and construction, which began in 2011, was completed in February 2013. Some transit improvements for the Metro Silver Line are still being worked on.

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