Metro Facts at a Glance
Metro Bus
- Bus stops serviced: 11,840
- Service area: 1,440 square miles
- Number of bus routes (directly operated and contracted): 117
- Total Metro bus fleet: 2,111 (includes spares and buses used in contracted service)
- Peak number of buses deployed by Metro directly weekdays: 1,574 buses
- Peak number of buses deployed by Metro and contractors on weekdays: 1,664 buses
- Number of Bus Priority Lane miles: 80.5 lane miles
- Annual revenue service hours directly operated in FY26: 6,382,915
- Annual revenue service hours contracted in FY26: 455,462
- Annual revenue service hours for G Line in FY26: 105,951
- Total revenue service hours in FY26: 6,944,328
- Annual revenue service miles directly operated in FY26: 64,290,668
- Annual revenue service miles contracted in FY26: 4,597,875
- Annual revenue service miles G Line in FY26: 1,597,465
- Total revenue service miles in FY26: 70,486,008
Metro Rail
- Stations: 115
- Number of heavy rail cars: 140
- Number of light rail cars: 337
- Miles of service: 121.1 miles
- Number of lines: 6 (2 heavy rail, 4 light rail)
- Station elevators: 180
- Station escalators: 171
- Heavy Rail FY26: 5,040,375 actual vehicle revenue miles
- Heavy Rail FY26: 275,430 actual vehicle revenue hours
- Light Rail FY26: 20,083,932 actual vehicle revenue miles
- Light Rail FY26: 993,783 actual vehicle revenue hours
Metro A Line 
Opened: 1990, Long Beach to Downtown Los Angeles, added Regional Connector and absorbed L Line from Little Tokyo to Azusa (APU/Citrus) in 2023, extended to North Pomona in 2025. Note: The segment between Union Station and Sierra Madre Villa opened in 2003 as the Gold Line (renamed the L Line in 2020). The Azusa extension opened in 2016.
- Miles: 57.7
- Type: Light rail
- Stations: 48 (5 shared with E Line)
Metro B Line 
Opened: 1993, Union Station to MacArthur Park. Extended to Wilshire/Western 1996. Added Wilshire/Vermont to Hollywood/Vine in 1999, and Hollywood/Vine to North Hollywood in 2000.
Miles: 14.7
Type: Heavy rail
Stations: 14 (6 shared with D Line)
Metro C Line 
- Opened: 1995. Modified 2024 to terminate at LAX/Metro Transit Center, with a portion transferred to the K Line.
- Miles: 17.8
- Type: Light rail
- Stations: 12 (2 shared with K Line)
Metro D Line 
Opened: 1993, Union Station to MacArthur Park. Extended to Wilshire/Western 1996. Became branch when extension Wilshire/Vermont to Hollywood/Vine opened in 1999. Extended to Wilshire/La Cienega 2026.
Miles: 9
Type: Heavy rail
Stations: 11 (6 shared with B Line)
Metro E Line 
Opened: 2012 to Culver City. Santa Monica Extension open 2016. Added Regional Connector and absorbed L Line from Little Tokyo to Eastside in 2023.
Note: The Eastside Extension of the former L Line opened in 2009.
Miles: 21.9
Type: Light Rail
Stations 29 (5 shared with A Line)
Metro K Line 
Opened: 2022 to Expo/Crenshaw – Westchester/Veterans. Extended in 2024 to Aviation/Century and reconfigured to include C Line between Aviation/LAX and Redondo Beach, which was formerly part of the C Line.
Miles: 11
Type: Light Rail
Stations 13 (2 shared with C Line)
Metro Busways
Metro G Line 
Opened: 2005 to Canoga Park. Chatsworth Extension 2012
- Miles: 17.7
- Type: Busway
- Stations: 17 (16 are operational; Van Nuys Bl Station currently closed through 2027)
Metro J Line 
Opened: 2009
- Miles: n/a
- Type: Busway
- Stations: 12
Metro Bike Facilities
Bike Lanes
Metro provides grants to cities in order for them to build bicycle lanes on city streets.
- Class I (Off Street Bike Path): 321 miles
- Class II (Unprotected Bike Lanes): 984 miles
- Class III (On-Street Bicycle Route): 553 miles
- Class IV (Separated Bicycle Lanes/Cycle Track): 77 miles
- Total: 1,935 miles
Metro Bike Share
Launched in 2016 in Downtown Los Angeles. The program now operates in Central Los Angeles, the Westside, and North Hollywood.
Metro Bike Share stations: 225
Bikes in the Metro Bike Share program: 1,800
Bike rides taken through the Metro Bike Share Program in 2025: 430,000
Bike Hub
Metro partnered with BikeLink—an independent contractor—to manage six secure bike parking and service stations.
- Culver City (3702 S. Robertson Bl, Culver City, CA 90232)
- El Monte (3501 Santa Anita Av, El Monte CA 91731)
- Hollywood/Vine: (1630 N. Vine St, Los Angeles CA 90028)
- LAX/Metro Transit Center (9225 Aviation Bl, Los Angeles, CA 90045)
- Los Angeles Union Station (800 N. Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90012)
- Rosa Parks/Willowbrook (11720 S. Wilmington Av, Los Angeles, CA 90059)
Metro Micro
Metro Micro is an on-demand rideshare service operating in many Los Angeles County neighborhoods.
Service areas: Altadena/Pasadena/Sierra Madre, El Monte, Highland Park/Eagle Rock/Glendale, LAX/Inglewood, North Hollywood/Burbank, Northwest San Fernando Valley, UCLA/Westwood/VA Medical Center, Watts/Compton
- Number of vehicles: 83
- Number of service zones: 8
- Revenue hours in FY26 (hours that vehicles were available for service): 222,481
- Revenue service miles in FY26: 3,229,340
- Passenger boarding in FY26: 762,381
- Number of trips taken to date: 3,458,551 boardings
Carpool and ExpressLanes
Metro funds the development of High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes (carpool lanes) with Caltrans.
- Miles of HOV lanes: 510 lane miles
- Miles of Metro ExpressLanes: 75 lane-miles
- Number of transponders issued for Metro ExpressLanes: 2,163,881
- Number of trips taken on Metro ExpressLanes: 464,553,422 trips
- Number of soundwalls Metro has built since 2000: 20.7 miles
Freeway Service Patrol
The Metro Freeway Service Patrol (FSP) is a congestion mitigation program managed in partnership with Metro, CHP and Caltrans on all major freeways in LA County. It’s the largest of its kind in the nation. FSP service has been operational since 1991.
- Number of tow truck beats: 43
- Number of tow trucks on patrol: 138
- Number of freeway miles served: 475
- Number of motorists assisted monthly: 20,000
- Motorist hours saved annually from sitting in traffic: 6 million
- Gallons of fuel savings annually: 10.4 million
- Emissions reductions annually: 92 million kg CO2
- Annual budget: $42 million
Fare Discount Programs
LIFE
LIFE (Low Income Fares are Easy) began in 2018.
Cumulative number of enrollments: 649,312 as of July 31, 2026
GoPass
GoPass was launched as pilot program in 2021 and became a permanent program in 2024.
- Number of students benefited since launch: 659,069
- Number of free rides provided since launch: 86,043,575
- Number of school districts participating: 128
- Number of schools participating: over 1,700
Metro Personnel
Metro has 13,481 employees, including represented (union) and non-represented (management) workers, temporary employees and interns.
The Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART) Union represents 5,414 Metro employees, which include bus, rail and micro-transit operators.
The Amalgated Transit Union (ATU) represents 2,892 Metro employees, which include mechanics, maintenance staff and service attendants.
The Transportation Communications Union (TCU) represents 1,316 Metro employees, which include custodians, clerks, equipment records specialists.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Union represents 906 Metro employees, which include transportation and maintenance supervisors.
The Teamsters Union represents 592 Metro security guards.
- Total full-time staff: 13,481
- Microtransit operators: 4
- Bus operators (full-time): 3,982
- Bus operators (part-time): 878
- Rail operators: 485
- Schedule analyst/checkers: 43
Metro Art
Number of integrated artworks on the system: 200+
Metro FY27 Adopted Budget
Resources (in millions)
Sales Tax, TDA and STA Revenues
- Proposition A: $1,089.0
- Proposition C: $1,089.0
- Measure R: $1,089.0
- Measure M: $1,089.0
- Transportation Development Act (TDA): $544.4
- State Transit Assistance (STA)/SB1 STA: $208.7
- Senate Bill 1 (SB1) State of Good Repair: $40.7
Operating and Other Revenues
- Passenger Fares: $149.6
- ExpressLanes tolls: $107.0
- Advertising: $32.0
- Other revenues: $68.0
Capital & Bond Resources
- Grant Reimbursements: $1,826.8
- Bond Proceeds and Prior Year Carryover: $2,353.9
Total Resources: $9,687.2
Expenditures (in millions)
Program Type:
- Transportation Infrastructure Development: $2,050.1
- Metro Transit – Operations: $2,986.4
- Metro Transit Capital Improvement Program (CIP): $582.3
- Regional Allocations and Pass-Throughs: $1,762.5
- Highway Multimodal Development: $888.3
- Regional Rail: $416.9
- General Planning and Programs: $252.4
- Congestion Management: $109.8
- Debt Program: $537.3
- Oversight and Administration: $101.2
Total Expenditures: $9,687.2
