Transit in Los Angeles

1. Innovative Transit Projects
Zaki Mustafa, LADOT
Martha Butler, METRO
Andres Ramirez, OmniTrans
in Southern California

2. Spring St

3. Spring St

4. Broadway

5. Broadway

6. Broadway

7. Broadway

8. Metro Operates Three Types of BRT Services
Metro Rapid
Metro Orange Line
Metro Silver Line
Nearly half of total Metro bus boardings are on BRT corridors

9. Metro Orange Line

10. Metro Orange Line
Original 14-mile exclusive right-of-way
• Opened October 28, 2005
4-mile extension from Canoga to Chatsworth
• Opened in June 2012
Approximately 30,000 daily boardings

11. Metro Orange Line
18 stations
9 park and ride lots (4,300 spaces)
Bike path/bike lanes/bike lockers
55 acres of landscaping
5 mid-block pedestrian crossings
7 miles of sound walls

12. Wilshire BRT
• 12.5 total miles from Downtown
LA to Westside
• 9.9 miles of bus signal priority
improvements
• 7.7 miles of dedicated weekday
peak period bus lanes

13. sbX
• 12.5 total miles from Downtown
LA to Westside
• 9.9 miles of bus signal priority
improvements
• 7.7 miles of dedicated weekday
peak period bus lanes
E-Street Corridor Project
(Green Line)
§ First route in the system
§ First Major Capital Improvement
Project for Omnitrans
§ Consists of 3 Components
• Articulated Buses
• Vehicle Maintenance Facility
Enhancements
• BRT Corridor

14. sbX

15. sbX

16. sbX
§ 15.7 mile corridor
• 5.4 miles of exclusive
center-running BRT lanes
• 10.3 miles of mixed flow
BRT operation
§ 16 sbX stop locations
• 6 center station locations
• 10 side station locations
• Boarding on both side
§ 4 Park-and-Ride facilities

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