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600 V direct current. The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (sometimes referred to as LAMTA or MTA I) was a public agency formed in 1951. Originally tasked with planning for rapid transit in Los Angeles, California, the agency would come to operate the vestiges of defunct private transit companies in the city.
The Transit Access Pass ( TAP) is a contactless smart card used for automated fare collection on most public transport agencies within Los Angeles County, California. The card is also available in electronic form, free of charge, in Apple Wallet, thereby bypassing the need to purchase the plastic USD $2 card. [2]
The history of the Los Angeles Metro Rail and Busway system begins in the early 1970s, when the traffic-choked region began planning a rapid transit system. The first dedicated busway opened along I-10 in 1973, and the region's first light rail line, the Blue Line (now the A Line) opened in 1990. Today the system includes over 160 miles (260 km ...
Chris Lindahl, Patch Staff. Posted Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 1:32 pm PT. Employees, contractors, vendors and volunteers at Los Angeles Unified School District will no longer be required to be ...
March 29, 2024 at 3:00 AM. The Metro D Line at Wilshire and Western in Koreatown. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times) Metro's top security official was fired two days after she filed a report with ...
Predecessors. LACMTA is the product of the merger of two previous agencies: the Southern California Rapid Transit District (SCRTD or more often, RTD) and the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (LACTC). RTD was during the 1960s and 1980s (until the LACTC was created) the "800 pound gorilla" in bus transportation in Southern California.
Along with local organizations, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is offering free rides on all Metro-operated trains and buses all day. People can also access Metro's ...