MTA Ridership Booming.More than 50,000 riders boarded the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's new Metro rapid Metro Rapid is a bus rapid transit system in Los Angeles County, California, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The Rapid program attempts to speed up commuter travel time on Los Angeles' county streets. bus system along Wilshire and Whittier boulevards in July, making the new express service the agency's most heavily used bus line. The new high-tech rapid buses make fewer stops and can hold traffic lights on green to speed their movement. Meanwhile, the newly expanded Red Line subway subway: see rapid transit. subway Underground railway system used to transport passengers within urban and suburban areas. The first subway line, 3. to the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. also experienced a surge in passenger volume last month to 119,150 weekday boardings, a gain of 54,000 daily boardings over May, the last full month before the subway from Hollywood to the Valley opened in late June. The July ridership rid·er·ship n. The number of passengers who ride a public transport system. was the highest ever for the subway system, which now runs from Union Station in downtown to North Hollywood. Parking lots at the two Valley stations often are full in the morning, forcing commuters to search for another place to park. |
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