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Metro Rapid Bus Los Angeles
METRO RAPID BUS
Los Angeles’ Metro Rapid Bus Program is overseen by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and is L.A.’s express bus program. The more recent Metro Rapid buses are conspicuously long and have accordion centers that allow the long buses to turn corners. The 9200 through 9400 series come in red and silver, orange and silver and light grey and silver. The Metro Rapid program was developed to shorten time travel between longer distances. In order to shorten the time passengers spend on the bus, the city developed a bus signal priority program that allows longer green lights at signals for the Metro Rapid buses. Metro Rapid bus lanes have also been built throughout the city of Los Angeles to cut down on traffic and signal wait times. In addition, Metro Rapid bus stops are spaced about a mile apart unlike the local city buses which make stops every block.
Metro Rapid Bus
Site: www.metro.net
Ph: (800) 266-6883 (transit), (800) 621-7828 (wheelchair lift hotline)
Schedule: Metro Rapid Bus Schedule
Cost: Peak hours, base fare is $1.25, day pass is $5.00. Disabled and Senior Citizens pay $0.55/boarding, $1.80/day pass.
Off-Peak hours: 9am – 3pm and 7pm – 5am weekdays, all day on weekends, cost for disabled: $0.25
Note that you must have the exact fare as bus drivers do not carry change. Day passes can be purchased on board the Metro bus or at self-service ticket machines at the Metro bus stations.
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible with low-floor boarding and designated wheelchair areas on the Metro Rapid buses