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August
28, 2002 |
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Record Breaking
Ridership Trend Continues on Metro Blue Line (Los Angeles) - The
Metro Blue Line’s record-breaking run continued in July 2002 as average
weekday boardings soared to 73,115. July was the third consecutive month
in which average weekday boardings on the 22-mile line surpassed the
70-thousand mark. “Since we opened it
in July, 1990, the Metro Blue Line has been an extremely attractive travel
alternative for people who commute between downtown Los Angeles and Long
Beach,” said Hal Bernson, MTA Board Chair. “Less than a year ago we
responded to the line’s growing popularity and added a third car to half
of our peak hour trains and, no surprise, the additional capacity has
lured more riders.” "The Metro Blue
Line has successfully linked Long Beach and Los Angeles and demonstrates
the growing need for public transportation,” said Los Angeles County
Supervisor and MTA Board Member Don Knabe. “This increase proves the
strength of our growing mass transit network in Los Angeles County." Average weekday
boardings for July 2002 on the 20-mile Metro Green Line, which runs from
Norwalk to Redondo Beach, reached 30,211. Average weekday boardings on the
17.4-mile Metro Red Line subway, which runs from downtown Los Angeles to
the mid-Wilshire area and North Hollywood, hit 136,902. The light rail Metro
Blue and Green lines and the Metro Red Line make up the 59.4-mile Metro
Rail system which will expand by another 13.7 miles in mid-2003 with the
opening of the light rail Metro Gold Line. The Metro Gold Line will
provide service along the densely populated corridor between Pasadena and
Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. A 6-mile extension of the Metro
Gold Line to East Los Angeles is on track to open in 2008. MTA-079 |
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