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.
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 204 and 233 used 60-foot NABI articulated buses.

Contents

Route Numbers

Major Routes

Contracted Bus Lines

First Transit

Southland Transit

Transportation Concepts

MV Transit

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.

Major Routes

Route numbers with street names and limited routes and Metro Rapid routes are in parethesis. Information reflects the June 24, 2007 rescheduling.

★ '2' - Sunset Blvd. (302)

★ '4' - Santa Monica Blvd.
★ (704)

★ '10' - Melrose Ave., Temple St.

★ '14' - Beverly Blvd. (714)

★ '16' - 3rd St. (316)

★ '18' - Whittier Blvd. (720)

★ '20' - Wilshire Blvd. (720/920)

★ '28' - Olympic Blvd. (328)

★ '30/31' - Pico Blvd. (330)

★ '33' - Venice Blvd. (333)

★ '37' - West Adams Blvd.

★ '40' - Hawthorne Blvd., Martin Luther King Blvd. (740/940)

★ '45' - Broadway, Mercury Ave. (745)

★ '46' - Broadway, Griffin Ave. (745)

★ '51/52' - Avalon Blvd., San Pedro St. (352)

★ '53' - Central Ave. (350)

★ '60' - Santa Fe Ave., Long Beach Blvd. (760)

★ '68' - Washington Blvd., Cesar Chavez Ave. (368)

★ '70' - Garvey Ave. (370)

★ '76' - Valley Blvd. (376)

★ '78' - Main St./Las Tunas Dr. (378)

★ '79' - Huntington Dr.

★ '81' - Figueroa St. (381)

★ '92' - Glenoaks Blvd., Brand Blvd./Glendale Blvd.

★ '94' - San Fernando Rd. (394)

★ '105' - La Cienega Blvd., Vernon Ave. (705)

★ '108' - Slauson Ave. (358)

★ '111' - Florence Ave. (711)

★ '115' - Manchester Blvd./Firestone Blvd. (315)

★ '120/121' - Imperial Hwy.

★ '150' - Ventura Blvd. (750)

★ '152/153' - Roscoe Blvd., Vineland Ave. (353)

★ '154' - Burbank Blvd., Oxnard St.

★ '158' - Devonshire St., Woodman Ave.

★ '163' - Sherman Way, Hollywood Way (363)

★ '166' - Nordoff St. (364)

★ '180' - Hollywood Blvd., Colorado Blvd., North Lake Ave. (780)

★ '181' - Hollywood Blvd., Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock via Yosemite Dr.(780)

★ '204' - Vermont Ave.
★ (754)

★ '206' - Normandie Ave.

★ '207' - Western Ave. (757)

★ '210' - Crenshaw Blvd., Vine St. (710)

★ '212' - La Brea Ave. (312)

★ '217' - Fairfax Ave., Hollywood Blvd. (780)

★ '220' - Robertson Blvd.

★ '224' - San Fernando Rd., Lankershim Blvd.

★ '230' - Laurel Canyon Blvd.

★ '233' - Van Nuys Blvd.
★ (761)

★ '236' - Balboa Blvd.

★ '240' - Reseda Blvd. (741)

★ '242' - Tampa Ave.

★ '251' - Soto St. (751)

★ '260' - Atlantic Blvd., Fair Oaks Ave. (361)

★ '265' - Paramount Blvd.

★ '292' - Glenoaks Blvd.

★ '685' - Verdugo Rd.

★ '686' - Allen Ave.

★ '687' - Los Robles Ave.
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★ ) denotes route uses high capacity buses (NABI 60-BRT)

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 and El Dorado National on line 603

★ '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

★ '603' - Rampart Boulevard

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) and 40-foot RTS buses (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

Transportation Concepts

Lines 177, 214, and 218 operates El Dorado/Ford Econoline 16-passenger buses. Line 177 uses three El Dorado National buses (12500-12502). 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.

★ '96' - Riverside Dr.

★ '177' - JPL-Sierra Madre Villa Station

★ '214' - Artesia Transit Center-Harbor Freeway Station via Main Street and Broadway (loop)

★ '218' - 3rd St., Fairfax Ave., Laurel Canyon Blvd.

MV Transit

Laidlaw operates Blue Bird buses, numbered 99--.

★ '167' - Plummer Street, Coldwater Canyon Avenue
=See Also=

★ Current Metro Local Routes

★ Former Metro Local Routes