December 6,
2004CONTACT--
Rick Jager/Marc Littman
Metro MEDIA RELATIONS
(213) 922-2707/(213) 922-2700
www.metro.net/press/pressroom
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 6,
2004
CONTACT--
Rick Jager/Marc Littman
Metro MEDIA RELATIONS
(213) 922-2707/(213) 922-2700
www.metro.net/press/pressroom
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Metro to implement two new Metro Rapid Bus Lines, three new local bus lines and add additional service to 60 Metro bus lines beginning Sunday, Dec. 19
| Service changes: | Metro Gateway Cities |
| Metro San Gabriel Valley | |
| Metro Westside/Central | |
| Metro South Bay | |
| Metro San Fernando Valley |
Metro
is adding 250,000 annual revenue service hours to improve Metro Bus service by
adding scores of buses to 60 bus lines, implementing two new Metro Rapid bus
lines and creating three new local bus routes to better serve Metro's five
community-based transit service sectors throughout the region beginning Sunday,
Dec. 19.
The
two new Metro Rapid bus lines being implemented include Metro Rapid Line 740 via
Hawthorne Blvd., Crenshaw Blvd., Martin Luther King Blvd., Broadway and Aliso/Arcadia
streets and Metro Rapid Line 780 between Hollywood and Vine and Pasadena City
College in Pasadena. Metro Rapid service begins on Monday, Dec. 20.
Metro
also will implement new weekend service on Line 265 between the Lakewood Mall
and Pico Rivera and start new limited stop service on Line 317 along Fairfax
Avenue and
In
addition, Metro will add service to 60 Metro Bus lines throughout the region on
heavily used corridors to improve service and comply with the federal consent
decree that calls for the addition of 145 buses to the Metro system by December
2004. Metro added 43 buses earlier
Four
line cancellations are planned to improve efficiencies and avoid duplication of
Metro services. Those lines include Line 340 (replaced with new Metro Rapid Line
740), Line 380 (replaced with new Metro Rapid Line 780) Line 491, (replaced with
Metro line 487 -LA/El Monte/Sierra Madre) and Line 576.
Line
576 (South Los Angeles/Pacific Palisade Express) is being cancelled due to low
ridership and there is ample alternative service that currently duplicates the
line. Patrons can access information on alternative service for Line 576 at www.metro.net/gatewaycities.
The savings generated will be re-invested in the Gateway Cities Service Sector
to support other bus service.
The
following is a breakdown on service changes and enhancements by service sector
to be implemented Sunday, Dec. 19.
|
Metro
Gateway Cities Sector |
||
|
18 |
W
Sixth St-Whittier Bl |
Additional
service |
|
26/51/52
/352 |
Seventh
St-Virgil Av-Avalon Bl |
Additional
service |
|
45/46 |
Broadway-Mercury
Av |
Additional
service |
|
60-360 |
Long
Beach Bl-Santa Fe Av |
Additional
service |
|
66-366 |
E
Olympic Bl-W 8th St |
Additional
service |
|
105 |
Vernon
Av-La Cienega Bl |
Additional
service |
|
125 |
Rosecrans
Av |
Schedule
changes to weekend service |
|
265 |
Paramount-Whittier-Cerritos |
New
service on Saturday and Sunday between Lakewood Mall & Pico Rivera |
|
362 |
LA-Santa
Fe Springs-Norwalk-Hawaiin Garden |
Additional
service and route change to serve the Norwalk Metrolink station. Limited
stop service extended to provide faster service between Atlantic and
Norwalk. |
|
576
|
S
LA-Pacific Palisades Exp |
Line
cancelled. Access alternative service at www.metro.net/gatewaycities
|
|
603
|
Rampart
Bl./Hoover St./Colorado St. |
Additional
service |
|
605 |
Grande
Vista Av./LA County-USC Medical Ctr. Shuttle |
Additional
service |
|
745 |
Metro
Rapid S Broadway |
Additional
service |
|
Metro
San Gabriel Valley Sector |
||
|
28-83-84-85-328 |
W
Olympic Bl-York Bl-Eagle Rock Bl |
Additional
service |
|
70-370 |
LA-El
Monte via Garvey Av |
Additional
service |
|
76 |
LA-El
Monte via Valley Bl |
Additional
service |
|
78-79-378 |
LA-Alhambra-S
Arcadia-Arcadia |
New
late night shortline terminal in Arcadia west of Santa Anita Avenue. Add
new limited stop service on Line 378. |
|
81-381 |
Figueroa
St |
Additional
service and conversion of limited stop trips north of downtown LA to local
service. |
|
180-181 |
Hollywood-Glendale-Pasadena |
Route
181 trips to terminate at Vermont/Barnsdale only when the Rapid 780 is in
operation (approx. 6am-7pm). |
|
260-361 |
Artesia
Sta-Pasadena-Altadena-via Atlantic |
Additional
service |
|
380 |
Hollywood-Glendale-Pasadena |
Line
cancelled, replaced by line 780 |
|
484 |
LA-El
Monte-La Puente-Pomona |
Additional
service |
|
487 |
LA-San
Gabriel-El Monte-Sierra Madre |
Additional
service and extend route from Sierra Madre to El Monte Station to cover
Line 491 route. |
|
490 |
LA-El
Monte-Covina-Pomona |
Additional
service |
|
491 |
LA-El
Monte-Sierra Madre |
Line
cancelled, replaced by expanded line 487 |
|
780 |
Metro
Rapid Hollywood-Colorado |
New
Metro Rapid service between Hollywood and Vine and Pasadena City College. |
|
Metro
Westside/Central Sector |
||
|
2-302 |
Sunset
Bl-Beverly Dr |
Additional
service |
|
4-304 |
Santa
Monica Bl |
Additional
service |
|
10-11-48 |
Melrose-Temple-San
Pedro St |
Additional
service |
|
14-37 |
Beverly
Bl-W Adams |
Additional
service |
|
16-316 |
W
Third St |
Additional
service |
|
20-21 |
Wilshire
Bl-UCLA-Santa Monica |
Additional
service |
|
30-31 |
W
Pico Bl-1st St-Floral Dr |
Additional
service |
|
33-333 |
Venice
Bl |
Additional
service |
|
38-71 |
W
Jefferson Bl-City Terrace |
Additional
service |
|
68 |
W
Washington Bl-Chavez Av |
Additional
service |
|
317 |
Fairfax
Av |
New
limited-stop service |
|
434 |
LA-Santa
Monica-Malibu-Trancas Exp |
Additional
service |
|
720 |
Metro
Rapid Wilshire-Whittier |
Additional
service |
|
Metro
South Bay Sector |
||
|
40 |
Hawthorne-Crenshaw
Bl-King Bl-Union Station |
Additional
service |
|
42 |
LA-Westchester-LAX |
Additional
service |
|
53 |
Central
Av |
Additional
service |
|
55 |
LA-Compton
Av-Imperial Sta |
Additional
service |
|
108-358 |
Slauson
Av |
Added
service and route change in Huntington Park to continue via Slauson Avenue
between Pacific and Miles. |
|
110 |
Gage
Av-Centinela Av-Fox Hills Mall |
Additional
service |
|
111 |
LAX-Florence
Av-Leffingwell Rd |
Additional
service |
|
115-315 |
Manchester
Av-Firestone Bl |
Additional
service |
|
120-121 |
Imperial
Hwy-Aviation Sta |
Additional
service |
|
204 |
Vermont
Av |
Additional
service |
|
205 |
Willowbrook-Harbor
City-San Pedro |
Route
change in San Pedro with one way loop and new south terminal at 13th
and Gaffey streets |
|
206 |
Normandie
Av |
Added
service and new shortline at 54th Street. |
|
207-357 |
Western
Av |
Additional
service |
|
210 |
Vine
St-Crenshaw Bl |
Additional
service |
|
212-312 |
Hollywood-La
Brea Av-Hawthorne Sta |
Additional
service |
|
340 |
Hawthorne-Crenshaw
Bl.-King Bl.-Union Station Limited |
Line
cancelled, replaced by line 740 |
|
445 |
LA-San
Pedro Exp |
Additional
service |
|
446-447 |
LA-Carson-Wilmington-San
Pedro Express |
Line
447 route modification in San Pedro (One-way loop at South terminal at San
Pedro Peninsula Hospital). |
|
550 |
W
Hollywood-San Pedro Exp |
Route
modification in San Pedro (One-way loop at South terminal at San Pedro
Peninsula Hospital). |
|
740 |
Metro
Rapid Hawthorne |
New
Metro Rapid service between South Bay and Downtown LA via Hawthorne Bl./Crenshaw
Bl./King Bl./Broadway to Union Station. |
|
Metro
San Fernando Valley Sector |
||
|
90-91 |
LA-Sunland-Sylmar |
Additional
weekend service |
|
150 |
Universal
City-Ventura Bl-Reseda Bl-Canoga Park |
Additional
service |
|
152 |
Fallbrook-Roscoe-Vineland-Burbank |
Additional
service |
|
156 |
Van
Nuys-Hollywood-LA City College |
Additional
weekend service |
|
161 |
Thousand
Oaks-Westlake-Calabasas-Canoga Park |
Additional
weekend service |
|
163 |
Sherman
Way-Hollywood |
Additional
service |
|
164-165 |
Vanowen-Victory-Burbank |
Additional
service |
|
166 |
Nordhoff
St-Lankershim Bl |
Additional
service |
|
230-239 |
Laurel
Cyn-White Oak-Zelzah-Rinaldi |
Additional
service |
|
233 |
Lake
View Terrace-Van Nuys Bl |
Additional
weekend service |
|
234-183 |
Sepulveda
Bl-Magnolia Bl-Kenneth Rd |
Additional
service |
|
236 |
Balboa
Bl-Glenoaks Bl-Sylmar-Woodley Av-Van Nuys |
Additional
weekend service |
|
243 |
De
Soto Av-Ventura Bl-Winnetka Av |
Additional
service |
|
750 |
Metro
Rapid Ventura |
Additional
service |
|
761 |
Metro
Rapid Van Nuys |
Additional
service |
For
specific route and schedule information patrons can visit Metro's web site at www.metro.net
or call 1-800-C-O-M-M-U-T-E.
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