The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will make service changes to many bus lines starting Sunday, Oct. 23, to provide Metro riders with more frequent, reliable, and predictable service.
Changes to the bus system will include more frequent service added to a number of bus lines as Metro continues the process of restoring service levels to pre-pandemic levels through the hiring of additional bus operators. There are additional improvements and modifications planned for the bus system in mid-December.
The following lines will have weekday frequency improvements: 4, 18, 30, 53, 66, 70, 90, 92, 180, 207, 210, 212, 217, 224, 240, 690. Saturday and Sunday frequency improvements: 2, 4, 28, 210, 224, 690.
The following lines will have added trips to provide more capacity for riders: Weekday: 108, 224, 460, 534 (134), Saturday: 33, 212, and Sunday: 212.
The following lines will have revised schedules to improve reliability and on-time performance:
Weekday: 2, 14, 18, 28, 37, 62, 78, 90, 92, 94, 150, 152, 210, 217, 224, 234, 240, 534. Saturday: 14, 18, 37, 62, 90, 92, 94, 106, 150, 152, 210, 224, 240, 534. Sunday: 14, 18, 37, 62, 76, 92, 94, 106, 150, 210, 224, 240, 534.
Below is more detailed information on bus changes and improvements commencing on Sunday, Oct. 23:
2 – Improved Saturday, Sunday frequency from every 12 minutes to every 10 minutes. Revised schedule weekday to improve service reliability.
4 – Improved weekday frequency from every 10 minutes to every 7.5 minutes and Saturday, Sunday frequency from every 12 minutes to every 10 minutes.
14 – Revised schedule weekday, Saturday, Sunday to improve service reliability.
18 – Improved weekday peak periods frequency from every 7.5 minutes to every 6 minutes. Revised schedule weekday, Saturday, Sunday to improve service reliability.
28 – Improved Saturday, Sunday frequency from every 15 minutes to every 12 minutes. Revised schedule weekday to improve service reliability.
30 – Improved weekday peak periods frequency from every 10 minutes to every 7.5 minutes.
33 – Added one additional trip Saturdays to accommodate more riders.
37 – Revised schedule weekday, Saturday, Sunday to improve service reliability.
40 – Rerouted southbound to serve Downtown Inglewood K Line Station; reroute northbound via Crenshaw Bl Leimert Park Station; new stop southbound Crenshaw Bl at Martin Luther King Jr K Line Station.
53 – Improved weekday frequency from every 10-12 minutes to every 10 minutes.
62 – Revised schedules weekday, Saturday, Sunday to improve service reliability.
66 – Improved weekday midday frequency from every 12 minutes to every 10 minutes.
70 – Improved weekday frequency from every 10 minutes to every 7.5 minutes.
76 – Revised schedule Sundays to improve service reliability.
78 – To better accommodate buses, the terminus for eastbound trips at Arcadia is relocated from westbound Las Tunas Dr to eastbound Live Oak Av at McCulloch Av. Revised schedule weekday to improve service reliability.
90 – Improved weekday frequency from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes. Revised schedules weekday, Saturday to improve service reliability.
92 – Improved weekday frequency from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes. Revised schedules weekday, Saturday, Sunday to improve service reliability.
94 – Revised schedules weekday, Saturday, Sunday to improve service reliability.
106 – Revised schedules Saturday, Sunday to improve service reliability.
108 – Added two additional trips weekdays to accommodate more riders.
111 – Rerouted westbound to serve Downtown Inglewood K Line Station.
150 – Revised schedules weekday, Saturday, Sunday to improve service reliability.
152 – Revised schedules weekday, Saturday to improve service reliability.
180 – Improved weekday frequency from every 12 minutes to every 10 minutes.
207 – Improved weekday midday frequency from every 10 minutes to every 7.5 minutes.
210 – Rerouted northbound via Crenshaw Bl Leimert Park K Line Station. Improve weekday, Saturday, Sunday frequency from every 12-15 minutes to every 10 minutes. Revised schedule weekday, Saturday, Sunday to improve service reliability.
211/215 – Extended route to serve Downtown Inglewood K Line Station.
212 – Route changed. This line will end near the Hollywood/Highland Station and will no longer serve Hollywood Bl and the Hollywood/Vine Station (Line 217 will still serve this route segment). Board Line 212 South on westbound Hollywood Bl at Sycamore Av. Resources will be redeployed with higher frequency for this line, with weekday frequency improved from every 12 to every 10 minutes. Extend three late night trips to or from Hawthorne/Lennox Station weekday, Saturday, Sunday. Add three extra trips Saturday, Sunday to accommodate more riders.
217 – Improves weekday frequency from every 12 minutes to every 10 minutes. Revised schedule weekday to improve service reliability.
224 – Line 224 will extend from Sylmar Station to Olive View Medical Center in place of Line 690 weekdays, Saturdays, Sundays. Weekday service frequency will increase to every 15 minutes between Universal City/Studio City Station and Sylmar Station, with service every 30 minutes between Sylmar Station and Olive View Medical Center. Saturdays and Sundays Line 224 service frequency will increase to every 20 minutes between Universal City/Studio City Station and Sylmar Station, with service every 40 minutes between Sylmar Station and Olive View Medical Center. The revised schedules weekday, Saturday, Sunday will improve service reliability.
234 – Revised schedule weekday to improve service reliability.
237 – Rerouted direct via Burbank Bl and Lankershim Bl to/from North Hollywood Station as planned in the NextGen Bus Plan to better distribute east-west bus service.
240 – Improved weekday peak period frequency from every 12 minutes to every 10 minutes. Revised schedule weekday, Saturday, Sunday to improve service reliability.
265 – At Pico Rivera, service will now terminate on Whittier Bl at Rosemead Bl due to closure of bus lot at Passons Bl/Jackson St.
460 – Added one extra trip weekday to accommodate more riders.
534 – Renumbered this line as Line 134. No change to route or stops. Revised schedule weekday, Saturday, Sunday to improve service reliability. Added one extra trip weekday to accommodate more riders.
690 – Line 224 will now extend from Sylmar Station to Olive View Medical Center in place of Line 690, which will continue to operate its usual route between Olive View Medical Center and Sunland. Line 690 frequency between Olive View Medical Center and Sunland will increase from every 50 minutes to every 30 minutes weekdays, and 40 minutes Saturdays and Sundays.
C & K Line Link 857 – New bus line linking new K Line Westchester/Veterans Station and the existing C Line (Green) Aviation/LAX Station. Note: This line begin operation when the K Line opened for service, October 7, 2022.
Previous bus service improvements occurred in June of this year with the implementation of more frequent service being restored to our busiest bus lines. Metro also revised weekday and weekend service schedules and adjusted them to reflect more current traffic levels. For riders, that meant more buses arriving on schedule, improving the customer experience.
For additional information on bus service changes, check specific bus line schedules at metro.net/mybus.
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