Metro Adjusts Bus And Rail Services For Improved Reliability And Reduced Wait Times

Beginning this Sunday, LA Metro hopes to lessen wait times and provide more reliable transit options by adjusting the services of 150 bus and rail lines. Schedule changes will be made to the red B and purple D lines.

According to Metro, the changes are based on travel data and direct feedback from customers and operators. The goal is to make sure riders get to their destination on time and wait less for different buses. Several changes are also coming to Metro service in San Fernando Valley after the latest data shows that bus ridership has increased the most in that region compared to other areas.

Here’s a breakdown of the bus improvements by region. For more information on the schedule changes, check here.

San Fernando Valley

• Line 92 from Sylmar to Burbank will run every 20 minutes instead of every 40 minutes.
• A new stop will be added for riders to get to Downtown L.A. on Spring Street near 6th Street.
• Line 152 and Line 166 will run every 10 minutes during their peak periods — seven new trips will be added to Line 152, eight trips to Line 166.
• Line 158 will add 25 new trips between the Moorpark/Van Nuys to Van Nuys/Woodman to run every 30 minutes instead of every hour.
• Line 165 will add two eastbound trips from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays.
• Line 169 on Saticoy Street will add an extra weekday trip going westbound during 6 a.m. and another trip going eastbound during 4 p.m.; service will run every 30 minutes instead of every hour.
• Line 169 will also increase their weekend trips from Saticoy/Topanga Canyon to Canoga Station to match the weekday service.

Downtown L.A.

• Line 16 going eastbound from West Hollywood to downtown L.A. will have extra late-night trips running every 15 minutes between 10 p.m. to midnight.
• Line 16 will extend 0.6 miles on 5th & 6th Streets to Alameda Street, adding four extra stops.
• Line 30 operates weekdays and weekends between Little Tokyo and Pico/Rimpau Transit center. Line 30 will no longer operate further east of Little Tokyo to Union Station or Indiana Station.
• Line 106 will operate on 1st Street between Indiana Station and Little Tokyo/Arts District Station.
• Line 51 will have stops up to 7th/Bixel Street and continue to operate from Westlake/MacArthur Park Station.
• Line 854/L Line Shuttle is no longer in service after the Regional Connector opened on June 16.

Westside

• Line 81 northbound terminal will relocate to Eagle Rock Plaza and add two southbound trips from 3 to 4 p.m.
• Line 217 will extend from Vermont/Hollywood to Eagle Rock.
• Lines 180 and 217 will run every 12 minutes during the daytime on weekdays, and every 15 minutes on weekends.

San Gabriel Valley

• Line 76 will add new stops along Alameda Street, but discontinue stops at Vignes Street at Cesar Chavez.
• Line 267 will replace Line 686 on Colorado Boulevard and Allen Avenue, and will run until 9 p.m. Buses will run every 30 minutes between Pasadena and Altadena on weekdays.
• Line 268 will extend the route to Sierra Madre Boulevard via Baldwin Avenue.
• Line 78 between Arcadia and downtown L.A. will operate every 20 minutes on the weekends.
• The end of Line 177 route will relocate away from Caltech Pasadena to 900 feet north adjacent to Caltech campus on Pasadena due to noise complaints from residents.
• Line 251 will see more trips extending to Eagle Rock every 20 minutes instead of every 30 minutes.
• Line 267 will extend from Del Mar Station to Memorial Park Station at Pasadena with additional bus stops.

Northeast L.A.

• Line 665 will extend from Cal State LA to El Sereno to replace Line 256.

South Bay

• Line 108 in the City of Commerce will move its terminus location to Harbor Street.
• Line 111 will no longer serve 96th Street and Airport Boulevard due to long-term constriction impact.
• Line 550 will see a new schedule to improve the connection for riders at Harbor Gateway Transit Center.
• J Line/Line 910 will add an extra trip early Saturday and Sunday morning going northbound from Harbor Gateway Transit Center to El Monte Station.