Metro Facts at a Glance

Last updated February 22, 2023

Metro Bus

  • Bus stops: 12,088 (as of Oct 22)
  • Service area: 1,447 square miles
  • Number of bus routes (directly operated and contracted): 121 (as of Dec 22)
  • Total Metro bus fleet: 2,036 buses (as of Jan 23)
  • Buses assigned contractors to provide service on Metro routes: 129
  • Annual revenue service hours (directly operated) in FY22: 5,640,822
  • Annual revenue service hours (contracted) in FY22 465,323
  • Total revenue service hours in FY22: 6,106,145
  • Annual revenue service miles (directly operated) in FY22: 58,590,648
  • Annual revenue service miles (contracted) in FY22: 5,419,931
  • Total revenue service miles in FY22: 64,010,579

Metro Rail

  • Stations: 105 stations
  • Number of heavy rail cars: 100 heavy rail cars
  • Number of light rail cars: 337 light rail cars
  • Miles of service: 107.4 mi
  • Number of lines: 7 lines (2 heavy rail, 5 light rail)
  • Annual revenue service hours in FY22: 947,924
  • Annual revenue service miles in FY22: 19,576,988
  • Station elevators: 137
  • Station escalators: 143

Metro A (Blue) Line

Opened: 1990
Miles: 21.3 mi
Type: Light rail
Stations: 22 (2 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: 17 (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 L (Gold) Line

Opened: Sierra Madre Villa 2003, Eastside Extension 2009, Azusa Extension 2016
Miles: 30.9 mi
Type: Light rail
Stations: 27 (1 shared with B Line)

Metro E (Expo) Line

Opened: Culver City 2012, Santa Monica Extension 2016
Miles: 15.2 mi
Type: Light Rail
Stations 19 (2 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 mi
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: 82
Number of service zones: 8
Revenue hours in FY22: 183,886
Revenue service miles in FY22: 2,241,318
Number of trips taken: 975,000+

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

Metro has 11,145 total employees, including represented (union) and non-represented (management) workers.

Total operators: 4,960
Metro Bus/Rail AND microtransit operators are members of the Sheet, Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART)

Microtransit operators: 165
Bus operators (full time): 3,483
Bus operators (part time): 930
Rail operators: 380
Mechanics and maintenance: 2,537
Metro mechanics are members of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU).
Clerks: 936
Metro clerks are members of the Transportation Communications Union (TCU).
Bus and rail transportation and maintenance supervisors: 826
Transportation and maintenance supervisors are members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Union.
Metro security guards: 147
Metro security guards are members of the Teamsters Union.
Represented employees: 9,449
Non-represented employees: 1,696
Total full-time staff: 9,961

Metro FY23 Adopted Budget

Revenues (in millions) 

Passenger Fares: $106.5
ExpressLane tolls: $66.9
Advertising: $32.6
Other revenues (includes bike program, Park and Ride, film revenues, auto registration fees, transit court fees, CNG credits, etc): $69.9 
Transportation Development Act (TDA): $515.9
State Transit Assistance (STA) / SB1 STA (1): $193.7
SB1 State of Good Repair: $31.9
Proposition A: $1031.8
Proposition C: $1031.8
Measure R: $1031.8
Measure M: $1031.8 
Federal and State Grants: $2420.2
Bond Proceeds, TIFIA & Prior Year Carryover: $1,174.3
Total Resources: $8,739.0
 

Expenditures (in millions) 

Transportation Infrastructure Development
  • Transit Expansion: $2,330.6
  • Highway: $599.4
Metro Transit – Operations
  • Operations & Maintenance: $2172.5
  • Regional Operating Services: $26.2
Metro Transit Capital Improvement Program (CIP)
  •  State of Good Repair: $424.9
  • Transit Improvement/Modernization (TIM): $81.2
Regional Allocation and Pass-Throughs:
  • Local Agencies: $1,137.1
  • Regional Transit: $692.5
  • Regional Federal Grants: $29.0
  • Fare Assistance: $30.3
Regional Rail: 
  • Metro Regional Rail: $146.8
  • Metrolink: $145.6
General Planning & Programs: $216.6
  • Active Transportation, Bike & Other: $80.3
  • Financial, Grants Management & Admin: $48.4
  • Property Management: $78.7
  • Public Private Partnership (P3) / Unsolicited Proposals: $7.6
  • Transit Court: $1.6
Congestion Management: 
  • ExpressLanes: $70.5
  • Freeway Service Patrol: $39.9
  • Motorist Services: $15.1
  • Rideshare Services: $11.6
Debt Program: $489.2
Oversight & Administration: $80.1 
Total Expenses: $8739.0
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