Metro Local

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A Metro Local bus with its trademark orange color

A Metro Local bus with the old paint scheme

Metro Local is a bus service in Los Angeles County, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Metro Local buses cover both local, limited-stop, and shuttle bus services.

Metro buses are given route numbers that indicate the type of service offered.

There are bus lines that are operated under contract with First Transit, Southland Transit, Transportation Concepts, and Laidlaw, mostly routes operated in the South Bay area.

Since December 17, 2006, Metro Local lines 233 and 204 used 60-foot NABI articulated buses.

1 Route Numbers
- 1.1 Major Routes
- 1.2 Contracted Bus Lines

[edit] Route Numbers

1-99: Local Service to/from Downtown Los Angeles and other areas.
100-199: East/West service in other areas, not necessarily Downtown L.A.
200-299: North/South service in other areas.
300-399: Limited-Stop service; mostly designated by just placing a 3 before a main route number (ex: Route 4, becomes Route 304); Many replaced by Metro Rapid lines
600-699: Shuttle, and special event services.

[edit] Major Routes

2 - Sunset Blvd.
4 - Santa Monica Blvd.
10/11 - Melrose Ave., Temple St.
14 - Beverly Blvd.
16 - 3rd St.
18 - Whittier Blvd.
20 - Wilshire Blvd.
28 - Olympic Blvd.
30/31 - Pico Blvd.
33 - Venice Blvd.
37 - Adams Blvd.
40 - Hawthorne Blvd., Martin Luther King Blvd.
45 - Broadway
53 - Central Ave.
60 - Santa Fe Ave., Long Beach Blvd.
68 - Washington Blvd., Cesar Chavez Ave.
70 - Garvey Ave.
76 - Valley Blvd.
78 - Main St./Las Tunas Dr.
79 - Huntington Dr.
81 - Figueroa St.
94 - San Fernando Rd.
105 - La Cienega Blvd., Vernon Ave.
108 - Slauson Ave.
111 - Florence Ave.
115 - Manchester Blvd./Firestone Blvd.
120/121 - Imperial Hwy.
150 - Ventura Blvd.
152/153 - Roscoe Blvd., Vineland Ave.
154 - Burbank Blvd., Oxnard St.
158 - Devonshire St., Woodman Ave.
163 - Sherman Way, Hollywood Way
166 - Nordoff St.
180 - Hollywood Blvd., Colorado Blvd., North Lake Ave.
181 - Hollywood Blvd., Colorado Blvd. (Eagle Rock via Yosemite Dr.)
204 - Vermont Ave.*
206 - Normandie Ave.
207 - Western Ave.
209 - Van Ness Ave., Arlington Ave., Wilton Pl.
210 - Crenshaw Blvd., Vine St.
212 - La Brea Ave.
217 - Fairfax Ave., Hollywood Blvd.
220 - Robertson Blvd.
230 - Laurel Canyon Blvd.
233 - Van Nuys Blvd.*
236 - Balboa Blvd.
240 - Reseda Blvd.
242 - Tampa Ave.
260 - Atlantic Blvd., Fair Oaks Ave.
265 - Paramount Blvd.

Asterisk (*) denotes route uses high capacity buses (NABI 60-BRT)

[edit] Contracted Bus Lines

First Transit operated most of the contracted routes until transferring some lines to other contractors. ATE Management and Service operated most of the routes until First Transit took over. Contractor buses are not equipped with SmartBus technology.

[edit] First Transit

Metro Local Orion bus operated by First Transit

First Transit formerly operated some buses that were owned by LACMTA (Flxible Metro and TMC/RTS) until 2001 when First Transit purchased their own fleet of buses. Currently, First Transit operates 40-foot Orion buses, numbered 110--

125 - Rosecrans Avenue
128 - Alondra Boulevard
130 - Artesia Boulevard
205 - San Pedro-Willowbrook via Pacific Avenue, Vermont Avenue, and Wilmington Avenue
232 - LAX City Bus Center-Long Beach Transit Mall via Sepulveda Boulevard, Pacific Coast Highway, and Anaheim Street

[edit] Southland Transit

Line 256 uses small buses by El Dorado National (12500 series). Lines 266 and 270, both of which were formerly operated by First Transit, uses 40-foot NABI buses (7000 series), all of which were owned by LACMTA

256 - Eastern Avenue, Avenue 64, Colorado Boulevard, North Hill Avenue
266 - Lakewood Avenue/Rosemead Boulevard
270 - Peck Road, Workman Mill Road, Myrtle Avenue

[edit] Transportation Concepts

Metro Local Gillig Phantom bus operated by Transportation Concepts on Metro Local 96

Lines 177 and 214 operates El Dorado/Ford Econoline 16-passenger buses. Line 96 uses Blue Bird buses and sometimes 40-foot Gillig Phantom buses

96 - Riverside Dr.
177 - JPL-Sierra Madre Villa Station
214 - Artesia Transit Center-Harbor Freeway Station via Main Street and Broadway (loop)

[edit] MV Transit

Laidlaw operates Blue Bird buses, numbered 99--.

167 - Plummer Street, Coldwater Canyon Avenue

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