Innovative Transit Projects

Zaki Mustafa, LADOTMartha Butler, METRO

Andres Ramirez, OmniTrans

in Southern California

Spring St

Spring St

Broadway

Broadway

Broadway

Broadway

Metro Operates Three Types of BRT Services

Metro Rapid

Metro Orange Line

Metro Silver Line

Nearly half of total Metro bus boardings are on BRT corridors

Metro Orange Line

Metro Orange Line

Original 14-mile exclusive right-of-way • Opened October 28, 2005

4-mile extension from Canoga to Chatsworth • Opened in June 2012

Approximately 30,000 daily boardings

Metro Orange Line

18 stations9 park and ride lots (4,300 spaces) Bike path/bike lanes/bike lockers55 acres of landscaping5 mid-block pedestrian crossings7 miles of sound walls

Wilshire BRT

• 12.5 total miles from Downtown LA to Westside

• 9.9 miles of bus signal priority improvements

• 7.7 miles of dedicated weekday peak period bus lanes

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• 12.5 total miles from Downtown LA to Westside

• 9.9 miles of bus signal priority improvements

• 7.7 miles of dedicated weekday peak period bus lanes

E-Street Corridor Project (Green Line)§ First route in the system§ First Major Capital Improvement

Project for Omnitrans§ Consists of 3 Components

• Articulated Buses• Vehicle Maintenance Facility

Enhancements• BRT Corridor

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sbX

sbX

§ 15.7 mile corridor• 5.4 miles of exclusive

center-running BRT lanes• 10.3 miles of mixed flow

BRT operation§ 16 sbX stop locations

• 6 center station locations• 10 side station locations• Boarding on both side

§ 4 Park-and-Ride facilities

THANK YOU!Together we are the BEST