Los Angeles Metro (disambiguation)

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( LACMTA or MTA), referred to in everyday use as Metro Los Angeles, is the largest public transport company of the Los Angeles County in California. With 9200 employees and a fleet of 2702 buses, it is one of the largest transport companies in the United States.

History

The LACMTA was born in 1993 from a merger of SCRTD (Southern California Rapid Transit District ) and the LACTC (Los Angeles County Transportation Commission ). The SCRTD operation since the 1960s, most transportation in the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside. 1976 LACTC was formed after a law every county in California forced them to start their own public transport company. This led to a rivalry between the two companies, which reached its climax when the is under construction Blue Line ( built by the LACTC ) should run about 6 blocks from the 7th Street Station (from the SCRTD built ), giving a possible link would have prevented between the two. After the LA Times reported on the incident, the boards of both companies saw exposed to the pressure of public opinion. It was then decided, on the initiative of Assemblyman Richard Katz of the merger of the two companies. Both companies joined on 1 April 1993 together for the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority; This was not least welcomed by the SCRTD, as they had to fight since the founding of LACTC with declining passenger numbers.

Train

The Metro operates six rail lines, including 4 city - ( Light Rail ), and 2 subway lines ( heavy rail ). The overall network are 80 stations (13 more are under construction ) over a length of 137.7 km connected. Since 2013, the Metro offers no paper tickets to more. Therefore, a plastic card is required for all railway lines, the so-called TAP card, which can be purchased at all stations at the ticket machine.

Light Rail
  • Blue Line ( opened in 1990 ) from Long Beach to downtown LA. She proceeds partly underground in Downtown LA.
  • Green Line ( opened in 1995 ) from Norwalk to Redondo Beach. One of the stations ( Aviation Blvd / LAX) is located near the Los Angeles International Airport. From there, there is a shuttle service to the airport.
  • Gold Line ( opened in 2003 ) from Downtown LA to Pasadena.
  • Expo Line ( opened in 2012, still partly under construction) from Culver City to Downtown LA. The first section is opened, the second is at the moment (September 2013) under construction and is run after the completion from the Santa Monica Pier.
Heavy Rail
  • Red Line ( opened in 1993 ) from Downtown LA to North Hollywood. This line is by far the busiest metro. Through the stations Universal City right on the theme park Universal City Hollywood, and Hollywood / Highland, close to which, among other things the Walk of Fame, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, and Grauman's Egyptian Theatre located, this line is very popular with tourists.
  • Purple Line ( opened in 1993 ) from Downtown LA and Mid- Wilshire District. It runs up to the station Wilshire and Vermont on the same route as the Red Line. From there, it branches off and travels to two more stops.

Bus

There are three different types of bus lines that can be distinguished by the colors of the buses of the respective type:

  • Metro local buses are the most common. You sail on most major roads and keep regularly (about every 200 meters). Altogether there are 189 lines about 16,000 bus stops. These buses are kept in an orange, which is the California poppy (California Poppy ) modeled, which is the state flower of California. California Poppy is also the name used by the metro for that color.
  • Metro Rapid buses on the main streets parallel to the local Local buses. You just hold on to the biggest intersections, and are thus about 25 % faster, according to the Metro on the go. The buses have a fiery red color, which is called from the Metro " Rapid Red".
  • Metro Express buses are very rare and are mainly on the freeways (motorways ) go. There are currently only two lines (450 and 577 ) of this Article These buses are dark blue, designated by the Metro as " Business Blue".

All buses will run on compressed natural gas, which the Metro has the largest fleet of its kind in the United States.

Metroliner

Metroliner are a special combination of bus and train. The Metro, she applies as a " light rail on rubber tires ". It involves two bus lines, some of which operate on specially built for them and only them busy sections and thus are much faster than the rest of Metro buses.

  • Orange Line ( opened in 2005, extension 2012 ) between North Hollywood and Woodland Hills. This begins at the terminus of the North Hollywood Red Line, and stops about once every two kilometers.
  • Silver Line ( opened in 2009 ) between El Monte and San Pedro. It operates mainly on the El Monte Busway and Harbor Transitway and keeps the intervening only very rarely.
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