Metro Local

Metro Local is a bus service in Los Angeles County, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. This designation was placed to differentiate it from the Metro Rapid service. Metro Local buses cover both local, limited-stop, and shuttle bus services.

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

Route Numbers

Metro buses are given route numbers that indicate the type of service offered:
*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 2, becomes Route 302); Many have been become Metro Rapid routes
*600-699: Shuttle, and special event services.

Major Routes

"Metro Rapid service that runs alongside local routes are noted in parenthesis. Parenthesis with a division are the divisions that they're operated by. Information is current as of June 29, 2008. Routes denoted by an asterisk (*) are routes that uses 60-foot NABI articulated buses (NABI 60-BRT)."
* 2/302: West Sunset Boulevard (WSC-6, WSC-7, WSC-10)
* 4: Santa Monica Boulevard* (704) (WSC-7, WSC-10)
* 10: Melrose Avenue, Temple Street (GC-2, WSC-7)
* 14: Beverly Boulevard (714) (WSC-7)
* 16/316: West Third Street (GC-1, GC-2, WSC-7, WSC-10)
* 18: West Sixth Street, Whittier Boulevard (720) (GC-1, GC-2, WSC-10)
* 20: Wilshire Boulevard (720, 920) (WSC-6, WSC-7, WSC-10)
* 28: West Olympic Boulevard (728) (WSC-7, WSC-10)
* 30/31: Pico Boulevard, East First Street (730) (WSC-6, WSC-7, SGV-9, WSC-10)
* 33/333: Venice Boulevard (WSC-6, WSC-10)
* 35/335: Washington Boulevard (WSC-7, WSC-10)
* 37: West Adams Boulevard (WSC-7)
* 38: West Jefferson Boulevard (WSC-7, WSC-10)
* 40: Hawthorne Boulevard, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (740) (WSC-10, SB-18)
* 42: Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, La Tijera Blvd. (WSC-10, SB-18)
* 45: South Broadway (745) (GC-1)
* 48: San Pedro Street, Main Street (GC-2, WSC-7)
* 51/52/352: Avalon Boulevard, San Pedro Street (GC-2)
* 53: Central Avenue (753) (GC-1)
* 55/355: Compton Avenue (GC-1)
* 60: Santa Fe Avenue, Long Beach Boulevard (760) (GC-1)
* 66/366: West 8th Street, East Olympic Boulevard (GC-1, GC-2)
* 68: Cesar Chavez Avenue (770) (SGV-3, SGV-9, WSC-10)
* 70/71: Garvey Avenue, City Terrace Drive (770) (SGV-9)
* 76: Valley Boulevard (SGV-9)
* 78/378: Main Street, Las Tunas Drive (SGV-9)
* 79: Huntington Drive (SGV-9)
* 81/381: Figueroa Street (SGV-3)
* 83: Pasadena Avenue, Marmion Way, York Boulevard (SGV-3)
* 84: Cypress Avenue, Eagle Rock Boulevard (SGV-3, SGV-9)
* 90: Glendale Avenue, Foothill Boulevard (SFV-15)
* 94: San Fernando Road (794) (SFV-15)
* 105: La Cienega Boulevard, Vernon Avenue (705) (GC-2, WSC-7)
* 108/358: Slauson Avenue (SB-5)
* 110: Gage Avenue (SB-5)
* 111: Florence Avenue (711) (SB-5)
* 115: Manchester Boulevard, Firestone Boulevard (715) (SB-5)
* 117: Century Boulevard, 103rd Street, Tweedy Boulevard (SB-5, SB-18)
* 124: El Segundo Boulevard
* 150: Ventura Boulevard (750) (SFV-8, SFV-15)
* 152/153/353: Fallbrook Avenue, Roscoe Boulevard, Vineland Avenue (SFV-15)
* 156: Van Nuys Boulevard, Highland Avenue (WSC-7, SFV-15)
* 163/363: Sherman Way (SFV-8, SFV-15)
* 166/364: Nordoff Street (SFV-8, SFV-15)
* 180: Hollywood Boulevard, Los Feliz Boulevard, Colorado Boulevard, North Lake Avenue (780) (SGV-3, SGV-9)
* 181: Hollywood Boulevard, Los Feliz Boulevard, Yosemite Drive, Colorado Boulevard (780) (SGV-3, SGV-9)
* 200: Alvarado Street (GC-2)
* 204: Vermont Avenue* (754) (SB-5)
* 206: Normandie Avenue (SGV-3, SB-5)
* 207: Western Avenue (757) (SB-5, SB-18)
* 209: Van Ness Avenue, Arlington Avenue (SB-5)
* 210: Crenshaw Boulevard, Vine Street (710) (SB-18)
* 212/312: La Brea Avenue (SB-5)
* 217: Fairfax Avenue, Hollywood Boulevard (780) (WSC-7)
* 220: Robertson Boulevard (WSC-7)
* 222: Hollywood Way, Barham Boulevard (SFV-15)
* 224: North San Fernando Road, Lankershim Boulevard (724) (SFV-15)
* 233: Van Nuys Boulevard* (761) (SFV-8, SFV-15)
* 240: Reseda Boulevard (741) (SFV-8, SFV-15)
* 251: Soto Street (751) (SGV-3)
* 260: Fair Oaks Avenue, Atlantic Boulevard (762) (SGV-3, SGV-9)
* 287: Sierra Madre Blvd., Santa Anita Ave. (SGV-9)
* 305: UCLA - Imperial/Wilmington/Rosa Parks Station Crosstown (WSC-7, SB-18)

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. Until June 2007, most contractor buses had different fareboxes. Farebox changes occurred after a few buses operated by Southland Transit had Metro's previous fareboxes that were not functioning.

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.

* 125: Rosecrans Avenue
* 128: Alondra Boulevard
* 130: Artesia Boulevard
* 205: San Pedro-Willowbrook via Pacific Avenue, Vermont Avenue, and Wilmington Avenue
* 232: Sepulveda Boulevard/Pacific Coast Highway, Anaheim Street

outhland 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 on Line 266 (7000-7214) and RTS buses on Line 270 (2300 series), all of which were owned by LACMTA

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

Veolia Transportation (formerly Transportation Concepts)

Lines 177, 214, and 218 operates El Dorado/Ford Econoline 16-passenger buses. Line 96 uses Blue Bird buses and sometimes 40-foot Gillig Phantom buses, one of which can be seen in the background of the film "Superbad". The Veolia Transportation yard is located just north of the Chinatown Metro Gold Line station.

* 96: Riverside Drive
* 177: JPL-Sierra Madre Villa Station
* 214: Artesia Transit Center-Harbor Freeway station via Main Street and Broadway (loop)
* 218: Third Street, Fairfax Avenue, Laurel Canyon Boulevard
* 603: Rampart Blvd - Hoover Blvd

MV Transit

Laidlaw operates Blue Bird buses, numbered 99--.

* 167: Plummer Street, Coldwater Canyon Avenue

ee also

*Current Metro Local Routes
*Former Metro Local Routes