As of June 2023[update], there are 117 routes in the system (excluding Metro Busway routes). The Los Angeles Metro bus has the third largest fleet in North America, with 2,320 buses as of 2019[update].[3] The majority of Metro Bus lines are operated by Metro directly, with select services operated by private contractors.[4]
Starting in 2003, Metro operated its bus network under three different brands: orange Metro Local buses for traditional routes, red Metro Rapid buses for limited stop routes, and blue Metro Express buses for minimal stop services along the region's extensive freeway network. The separate brands were retired in 2020 as part of Metro's NextGen Bus Plan, a major restructuring of the agencies routes, with most of the Metro Rapid routes retired in favor of more frequent service on the former Metro Local routes, which will now make fewer stops.
Routes
Metro buses are given line numbers that indicate the type of service offered. This method was devised originally by the Southern California Rapid Transit District, Metro's predecessor.
Line numbers lower than 100 are local routes to/from Downtown Los Angeles
Line numbers in the 100s are local east/west routes in other areas
Line numbers in the 200s are local north/south routes in other areas
Line numbers in the 300s are limited-stop routes
Line numbers in the 400s are freeway express routes to/from Downtown Los Angeles
Line numbers in the 500s are freeway express routes in other areas
Line numbers in the 600s are shuttle/circulator routes
Line numbers in the 700s are limited-stop rapid routes.
Line numbers in the 800s are used to designate Metro Rail routes as well as supplementary shuttles for suspended rail service.
Local bus service to/from Downtown Los Angeles and other areas. The line numbering begins at line 2 (Sunset Bl, a line leading west from USC) and proceeds counterclockwise around Downtown Los Angeles, ending at line 96 (Riverside Dr.)
100s (Local east/west routes in other areas)
East/west service, not necessarily serving Downtown Los Angeles.
200s (Local north/south routes in other areas)
North/south service, not serving in Downtown Los Angeles.
300s (Limited-stop routes)
400s (Freeway express routes to/from Downtown Los Angeles)
500s (Freeway express routes in other areas)
600s (Shuttles/circulators)
Shuttles, special routes and local service within one or two adjacent neighborhoods.
700s (Rapid limited-stop routes)
800s (Metro Rail Shuttle)
900s (Metro Busway)
Fleet
As of September 2019[update], Metro operates 2,320 buses in revenue service, the third-largest fleet in North America behind New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (5,825) and New Jersey's NJ Transit (3,003).[114] Metro operates the nation's largest fleet of compressed natural gas powered buses.[115]
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