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. This designation was placed to differentiate it from the Metro Rapid service. Metro Local buses cover both local, limited-stop, and shuttle bus services. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 380 KB) [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Metro Local Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 380 KB) [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Metro Local Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 304 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Metro Local Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 304 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Metro Local Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... A Go North East bus parked in a lay-by in Tyne and Wear, England. ... Los Angeles County is a county in California and is the most populous county in the United States. ... The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (also known as Metro, MTA or LACMTA) is the state chartered regional transportation planning and public transportation operating agency for the county of Los Angeles. ... A Metro Rapid bus on Line 720 Metro Rapid is a bus rapid transit system in Los Angeles County, California, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. ...

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. One of Laidlaws 40,000 yellow school buses Laidlaw, currently organized as Laidlaw International, Inc. ...

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

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.

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Major Routes

Route numbers with street names and limited routes and Metro Rapid routes are in parethesis A Metro Rapid bus on Line 720 Metro Rapid is a bus rapid transit system in Los Angeles County, California, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. ...

• 2 - Sunset Blvd. (302)
• 4 - Santa Monica Blvd. (304/704)
• 10/11 - Melrose Ave., Temple St.
• 14 - Beverly Blvd. (714)
• 16 - 3rd St. (316)
• 18 - Whittier Blvd. (720)
• 20 - Wilshire Blvd. (720)
• 21 - Wilshire Blvd., Westwood Blvd. (720)
• 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)
• 45 - Broadway Blvd. (745)
• 51/52 - Avalon Blvd., San Pedro St. (352)
• 53 - Central Ave. (350)
• 55 - East Adams Blvd./Compton Ave. (355)
• 60 - Santa Fe Ave., Long Beach Blvd. (360/760)
• 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.
• 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. (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.

(*) 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.

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-- Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 604 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Orion Bus Industries List of buses operated by the LACMTA Metadata This file contains additional information... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 604 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Orion Bus Industries List of buses operated by the LACMTA Metadata This file contains additional information...

• 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

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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 A picture taken of a Gold Line train in the Los Angeles suburb of Pasadena, California The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, commonly referred to as LACMTA, MTA, or Metro, is the agency charged to provide public transportation to the county of Los Angeles. ...

• 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

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

Lines 177, 214, and 218 operates El Dorado/Ford Econoline 16-passenger buses. Line 177 uses two El Dorado National buses (12501, 12502). Line 96 uses Blue Bird buses and sometimes 40-foot Gillig Phantom buses Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 597 pixels Full resolution (1024 × 764 pixel, file size: 211 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Metro Local bus. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 597 pixels Full resolution (1024 × 764 pixel, file size: 211 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Metro Local bus. ... A 1982 Gillig Phantom, operated by Unitrans in Davis, CA (photo taken in 1995-1996) A CUE Gillig Phantom bus arrives at the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Metro station. ... The Ford E-Series, also known as the Econoline, is a line of full-size vans and truck chassis from Ford Motor Company. ... A 1982 Gillig Phantom, operated by Unitrans in Davis, CA (photo taken in 1995-1996) A CUE Gillig Phantom bus arrives at the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Metro station. ...

• 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