Harbor Transitway

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The Harbor Transitway is an 11-mile (18 km) high-occupancy vehicle roadway that runs in the median of Interstate 110 (Harbor Freeway) in Southern California, United States. The two-way roadway is open to vehicles with two or more occupants, and carries buses operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, City of Los Angeles, Orange County Transportation Authority, City of Gardena and City of Torrance. Five stations are located in the middle of the freeway; a sixth (the Artesia Transit Center) is off to the side of the interchange with the Gardena Freeway, and is also served by surface routes. Further south, several sections of bus-only lane, including separate roadways at two stations, exist on the sides of the freeway; buses must use a piece of Figueroa Street to reach that part from the Artesia Transit Center. The Transitway and stations have characteristics common to bus rapid transit, but no special buses are used.

Its main competitors are the Metro Blue Line to Long Beach and the Metro Rapid Line 745, just a block away on Broadway. Ridership on the Transitway is not officially tabulated because service on the Transitway consists of several Metro Express lines, two routes operated by the Orange County Transportation Authority, and services operated by the cities of Gardena, Los Angeles, and Torrance. However, anecdotally, ridership is deemed to be low, especially at the intermediate stations. The main causes for the low ridership are the premium express fare charged to passengers compared to riders on the Blue Line and Metro Rapid (up to $1 more each way than a trip made on the Rapid or Blue Line), the isolated and noisy freeway environment of the stations, and the inconvenience of accessing the stations (and lack of surrounding uses) around the stations compared to surface level light rail or Rapid service. In addition, frequency is inconsistent and the time between buses can be up to 30 minutes during the middle of the day.

Metro will be including the Transitway in a bronze color in rail system maps, however, the line will not be officially called the Metro Bronze Line.^[1]

Buses originate from West Hollywood and Downtown Los Angeles, with final destinations in Anaheim, Fullerton, Gardena, Huntington Beach, San Pedro, Rancho Palos Verdes, and Torrance.

[edit] Station list

Postmile[2]	Municipality	Station or street name	Harbor Transitway Services[3]	Other Connections	Notes
LA 4.08	Los Angeles	Pacific Coast Highway Station	Metro Express: 445	Metro Local: 205, 232, 550 LADOT Commuter Express: 448 Torrance Transit: 7
LA 7.02		Carson Station	Metro Express: 445	Metro Local: 205, 550 Torrance Transit: 1, 3 Carson Circuit: F, S
LA 9.66		Artesia Transit Center	Metro Express: 444, 445, 446, 447, 450X, 550	Metro Local: 52, 130, 205, 214, 352 Torrance Transit: 1, 6 Carson Circuit: North / South Shuttle	Southern terminus of the Harbor Transitway.
LA 11.89		Rosecrans Station	Metro Express: 444, 445, 446, 447, 550	Metro Local: 125
LA 13.8		Harbor Freeway/I-105 Station	Metro Express: 444, 445, 446, 447, 450X, 550 LADOT Commuter Express: 448 OCTA: 721 Gardena Bus Lines: 1 (Northbound)	Metro Green Line Metro Local: 45, 46, 81, 120, 214, 381 Metro Rapid: 745 Torrance Transit: 1, 2 Gardena Bus Lines: 1 (Southbound)
LA 13.8		Interstate 105			Southbound exit to and northbound entrance from I-105 HOV lanes.
LA 15.99		Manchester Station	Metro Express: 444, 445, 446, 447, 460, 550 LADOT Commuter Express: 438, 448 OCTA: 701, 721 Gardena Bus Lines: 1 Torrance Transit: 1, 2	Metro Local: 45, 46, 81, 115, 305, 315, 381 Metro Rapid: 745
LA 17.98		Slauson Station	Metro Express: 442, 444, 445, 446, 447, 460, 550 LADOT Commuter Express: 438, 448 OCTA: 701, 721 Gardena Bus Lines: 1 Torrance Transit: 1, 2	Metro Local: 45, 46, 81, 108, 358, 381 Metro Rapid: 745 LADOT DASH: Chesterfield Square
LA 19.68		39th Street			Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
LA 19.93		37th Street Station	Metro Express: 444, 445, 446, 447 LADOT Commuter Express: 438, 448 OCTA: 701, 721	Metro Local: 81, 381, 550 USC Shuttle
LA 20.71		Adams Boulevard			Northern terminus of the Harbor Transitway.

[edit] References

1. ^ [1] (PDF)
2. ^ January 1, 2006 California Log of Bridges on State Highways
3. ^ Schedules (PDF):
   • Metro Bus: Harbor Transitway combined schedule 442 444 445 446-447 450X 460
   • LADOT: CE438 CE448
   • OCTA: 701 721
   • Gardena Bus: Line 1
   • Torrance Transit: Route 1 (map) Route 2 (map)

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (website)
Metro Buses	Metro Local – Metro Rapid – Metro Express
Metro Busways	Orange Line – Harbor Transitway – El Monte Busway
Metro Rail	Red Line – Purple Line – Blue Line – Green Line – Gold Line – Expo Line
Connecting rail	Amtrak – Amtrak California – Metrolink
Other information	Union Station – Transportation of Los Angeles