Metro Bus

• Bus stops: 11,980 (as of June ‘23) 
• Service area: 1,447 square miles 
• Number of bus routes (directly operated and contracted): 120 (as of June ‘23) 
• Directly operated bus fleet: 1,888 buses (as of June ‘23) 
• Buses assigned contractors to provide service on Metro routes: 143 
• Annual revenue service hours (directly operated) in FY23: 6,590,379
• Annual revenue service hours (contracted) in FY23: 498,656* 
• Total revenue service hours in FY23: 7,089,035
• Annual revenue service miles (directly operated) in FY23: 69,192,547 
• Annual revenue service miles (contracted) in FY23: 5,242,318* 
• Total revenue service miles in FY23: 74,434,865 

* The contract Revenue Service Hours and Revenue Service Miles includes five lines that Metro pays other operators to operate. 

Metro Rail

• Stations: 108 stations
• Number of heavy rail cars: 100 heavy rail cars
• Number of light rail cars: 337 light rail cars 
• Miles of service: 109 mi  
• Number of lines: 6 lines (2 heavy rail, 4 light rail)
• Annual revenue service hours in FY23: 1,340,907
• Annual revenue service miles in FY23: 29,014,299 
• Station elevators: 180
• Station escalators: 171  

Metro A (Blue) Line

• Opened: 1990, Sierra Madre Villa (former L Line) 2003, Eastside Extension (former L Line) 2009, Azusa Extension (former L Line) 2016
• Miles: 48.5 mi
• Type: Light rail
• Stations: 44 (5 shared with E Line) 

Metro B (Red) Line

• Opened: MacArthur Park 1993, Wilshire/Western 1996, Hollywood 1999, North Hollywood 2000  
• Miles: 14.7 mi 
• Type: Heavy rail
• Stations: 14 (6 shared with D Line)

Metro C (Green) Line 

• Opened: 1995
• Miles: 19.3 mi
• Type: Light rail
• Stations: 14 (1 shared)

Metro D (Purple) Line

• Opened: MacArthur Park 1993, Wilshire/Western 1996
• Miles: 5.1 mi
• Type: Heavy rail
• Stations: 8 (6 shared with B Line) 

Metro E Line

• Opened: Culver City 2012, Santa Monica Extension 2016 
• Miles: 22
• Type: Light Rail
• Stations 29 (5 shared with A Line)

Metro K Line  

• Opened: 2022
• Miles: 5.9 mi
• Type: Light Rail
• Stations: 7  

Metro Busways 

Metro G (Orange) Line 

• Opened: Canoga Park 2005, Chatsworth Extension 2012 
• Miles: 17.7
• Type: Busway
• Stations: 18  

Metro J (Silver) Line 

• Opened: 2009 
• Miles: n/a 
• Type: Busway
• Stations: 12 

Bikes

Metro plans bikeways along key regional corridors and supports cities’ development of local bike facilities through a variety of funding opportunities. 

• Class I (Off Street Bike Path): 341 miles
• Class II (Unprotected Bike Lanes): 969 miles
• Class III (On-Street Bicycle Route): 520 miles 
• Class IV (Separated Bicycle Lanes/Cycle Track): 64 miles
• Total: 1,894 miles 

Metro also operates Metro Bike Share Program in selected areas, including Downtown Los Angeles, Central Los Angeles, the Westside, and North Hollywood.  

• Number of Metro Bike Share stations: 221 stations 
• Number of bikes in the Metro Bike Share program: 1,800 
• Number of bike trips taken through the Metro Bike Share Program in 2022: 290,000+  

Metro has partnered with BikeHub, an independent contractor, to create Metro Bike Hubs–– secure bike self-parking and service stations. 

• Number of Metro BikeHubs: 5 

Bike Hub Locations: 

• Hollywood/Vine: (1630 North Vine St, Los Angeles CA 90028)
• Culver City (3702 S. Robertson Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232)
• Los Angeles Union Station (800 N. Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90012)
• Rosa Parks/Willowbrook (11720 S. Wilmington Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90059)
• El Monte (3501 Santa Anita Ave, El Monte CA 91731)  

Metro Micro

Metro Micro is a three-year rideshare service pilot that launched in December 2020.  

Service areas: Watts/Compton, LAX/Inglewood, North Hollywood/Burbank, Highland Park/Eagle Rock/Glendale, Altadena/Pasadena/Sierra Madre, Northwest San Fernando Valley, UCLA/Westwood/VA Medical Center, El Monte 

• Number of vehicles: 85 
• Number of service zones: 8
• Revenue hours in FY23: 220,400
• Revenue service miles in FY23: 2,850,386
• Passenger boarding in FY23: 695,500
• Number of trips taken: 1.2M+  

Carpool and Expressway

Metro funds the development of High Occupancy Vehicle lanes (HOV) (carpool lanes) with Caltrans. 

• Miles of HOV lanes: 509.8 lane miles
• Miles of MetroExpress lanes: 25 miles (50 miles in both directions)
• Number of transponders issued for Metro ExpressLanes: 1.4 million
• Number of trips taken on Metro ExpressLanes: 342,097,711 trips
• Number of soundwalls Metro has built since 2000: 20.7 miles  

Freeway Service Patrol

The current Metro-run Freeway Service Patrol (FSP) program has been in operation for 31 years. FSP service in some form has been operational since 1978 (45 years).  

• Number of tow truck beats: 43
• Number of tow trucks on patrol: 138
• Number of freeway miles served: 475
• Number of motorists assisted monthly: 25k / month 
• Motorist hours saved annually from sitting in traffic: 9.8 million hours 
• Gallons of fuel savings annually: 16.9 million gallons 
• Emissions reductions annually: 150 million kg CO2
• Annual budget: $38 million  

Metro Personnel (As of June ‘23)  

Metro has 11,439 total employees, including represented (union) and non-represented (management) workers. 

The Sheet, Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART) Union represents 5203 Metro employees, which include bus, rail, and microtransit operators

• Microtransit operators: 166 
• Bus operators (full-time): 3,896
• Bus operators (part-time): 657
• Rail operators: 439  

The Amalgated Transit Union (ATU) represents 2557 Metro employees, which include mechanics, maintenance staff, and service attendants.  

The Transportation Communications Union (TCU) represents 938 Metro employees, which include custodians, clerks, equipment records specialists.  

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Union represents 817 Metro employees, which include transportation and maintenance supervisors.  

The Teamsters Union represents 177 Metro security guards.  

• Represented employees: 9692
• Non-represented employees: 1,747 
• Total full-time staff: 10,290 

Metro FY24 Adopted Budget 

Revenues (in millions)  

• Passenger Fares: $146.8
• ExpressLane tolls: $65.5
• Advertising: $27.7
• Other revenues (includes bike program, Park and Ride, film revenues, auto registration fees, transit court fees, CNG credits, etc): $90.9 
• Transportation Development Act (TDA): $600.0
• State Transit Assistance (STA) / SB1 STA (1): $188.0
• SB1 State of Good Repair: $26.6
• Proposition A: $1200.0
• Proposition C: $1200.0
• Measure R: $1200.0
• Measure M: $1200.0 
• Grant Reimbursements: $1946.7
• Bond Proceeds & Prior Year Carryover: $1,125.7
• Total Resources: $9,017.9 

Expenditures (in millions)  
Transportation Infrastructure Development: $2210.3

Transit Construction: $1919.2
Transit Planning: $291.1

Metro Transit – Operations $2363.7

Operations & Maintenance: $2333.4
Regional Operating Services: $30.2

Metro Transit Capital Improvement Program (CIP): $541.4

State of Good Repair: $366.1 
Other Asset Improvements: $175.3 

Regional Allocation and Pass-Throughs: 2057.7

Local Agencies: $1,213.6 
Regional Transit: $781.2 
Regional Federal Grants: $30.4 
Fare Assistance: $32.5

Regional Rail: $302.9

Metro Regional Rail: $158.0 
Metrolink: $144.9

General Planning & Programs: $233.7

Active Transportation, Bike & Other: $83.4 
Financial, Grants Management & Admin: $60.4 
Property Management: $85.0 
Public Private Partnership (P3) / Unsolicited Proposals: $4.9 
Unsolicited Proposals: $4.9

Congestion Management: $131.9

ExpressLanes: $61.9 
Freeway Service Patrol: $41.4 
Motorist Services: $14.7 
Rideshare Services: $13.9

Debt Program: $489.8

Oversight & Administration: $84.3 

Total Expenses: $9017.9