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Electric trolleys first traveled in Los Angeles
Electric trolleys first traveled in Los Angeles in 1887. -
The Pasadena and Pacific Railway was created
In 1895 The Pasadena and Pacific Railway was created from a merger of the Pasadena and Los Angeles Railway and the Los Angeles Pacific Railway (to Santa Monica.) The Pasadena and Pacific Railway boosted Southern California tourism, living up to its motto "from the mountains to the sea." -
Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus
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Culver City Transit
Ridership: 5,402,335 -
Montebello Bus Lines
Ridership: 9,474,939 -
Union Station (Los Angeles) opened
Los Angeles Union Station (or LAUS, formerly the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal or LAUPT) is the main railway station in Los Angeles, California. The station has rail services by Amtrak (including Amtrak California state-sponsored lines) and Metrolink (Source: Wikipedia) -
California's first freeway
California's first freeway 110 Freeway, also known as the Pasadena Freeway or the Arroyo Seco Parkway opened on January 1, 1940. It links downtown Los Angeles to downtown Pasadena. -
The Hollywood Freeway opened
The Hollywood Freeway is one of the principal freeways of Los Angeles, California and one of the busiest in the United States. It is considered one of the most important freeways in the history of Los Angeles and instrumental in the development of the San Fernando Valley and is the second oldest freeway in Los Angeles. The first segment of the Hollywood Freeway built was a one and a half mile stretch through the Cahuenga Pass. That segment opened on June 15, 1940. -
Gardena Municipal Bus Lines
Ridership. 4,656,211 -
Torrance Transit
Ridership: 4,612,548 -
Railway systems start to shut down
In the Southern District, passenger service to Santa Ana, Baldwin Park, Pasadena's Oak Knoll line, and Sierra Madre closed in 1950 as did in the Western District the last line to Venice and Santa Monica. The Pasadena and Monrovia/Glendora lines quit in 1951 due to the new LA freeways which were being constructed and opened in sections. -
Destruction of neighborhoods for new freeways
Large-scale land acquisition and destruction of neighborhoods for new freeway construction began in earnest in 1951.[citation needed] The original four freeways of the area, the Hollywood, Pasadena, Harbor, and San Bernardino, were in use or being completed. Partial completion of the San Bernardino Freeway to Aliso Street near downtown Los Angeles led to traffic chaos. -
Opening of second section of the Hollywood Freeway
The next section of the freeway that stretched from the San Fernando Valley to Downtown Los Angeles opened on April 16, 1954 at a cost of $55 million. -
MTA Motorbuses
Ridership: 364,787,355 -
Commerce Municipal Bus Lines
Ridership: 675,074 -
Interstate 405
I-405 was approved as a chargeable interstate[clarification needed] in 1955. Construction began in 1957 with the first section, mostly north of LAX Airport being completed in 1961 (signed as SR 7) followed by sections west of Interstate 605 within the following few years. The final section covering most of Orange County opened in 1969. Construction required the already existing Mulholland Highway to be re-routed 1.1 miles to the south along a new 579-foot-long bridge, the Mulholland Drive Bridge -
California State Route 2
In 1964, Route 2 was defined as a single route from Santa Monica to Wrightwood with no discontinuities. The segment of former US 66 on Santa Monica Boulevard west of the Hollywood Freeway and Lincoln Boulevard was added to Route 2 at this time, since US 66 was truncated to Pasadena. Route 2 became discontinuous at Routes 101 and 210 in 1965 and 1990, respectively -
Completion of The Hollywood Freeway
The final section, north of the Ventura Freeway to the Golden State Freeway was completed in 1968 -
Oilcrisis
During in the 1970s, there was serious discussion about the need for additional mass transit systems based on environmental concerns, increasing population and the 1973 oil crisis -
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Oil Crisis
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California State Route 118
The SR 118 freeway begun construction in 1968 and the last section of freeway opened in 1979. The segment of freeway between Balboa Boulevard and Tampa Avenue was one of the last freeway segments to be built in the Los Angeles area. -
Norwalk Transit
Ridership: 2,556,054 -
Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) (Commuter Express; Community Connection; DASH)
Ridership: 2,404,328 -
Foothill Transit
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California State Route 2
In 1964, Route 2 was defined as a single route from Santa Monica to Wrightwood with no discontinuities. The segment of former US 66 on Santa Monica Boulevard west of the Hollywood Freeway and Lincoln Boulevard was added to Route 2 at this time, since US 66 was truncated to Pasadena. Route 2 became discontinuous at Routes 101 and 210 in 1965 and 1990, respectively -
MTA implemented street cars
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Santa Clarita Transit
Ridership: 3,446,513 -
Antelope Valley Transit Authority
Ridership: 2,693,772 -
Forming of The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA or MTA; branded as Metro) is the California state-chartered regional transportation planning agency (RTPA) and public transportation operating agency for the County of Los Angeles formed in 1993 out of a merger of the Southern California Rapid Transit District and the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission. -
MTA implemented the Rapid Rail
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Founding of The Bus Rider Union
The Bus Riders Union (BRU) (also called Sindicato de Pasajeros (SDP). is a United States grassroots civil rights social movement organization established in Los Angeles, California in 1994. is a United States grassroots civil rights social movement organization established in Los Angeles, California in 1994. Led by a planning committee, its multilingual membership is drawn from the predominantly low-income, African-American, Latino and Asian mass transit ridership of Los Angeles County. -
DowneyLINK Public Transit Service
Ridership: 232,504 -
Palos Verdes Transit Authority
Ridership: 165,249 -
Founding of The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC)
The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC) is a nonprofit organization with over 1,000 members that engages cyclists through advocacy, education and outreach across the county. Founded in 1998 by bicycle advocates Joe Linton and Ron Milam, LACBC brings together the diverse bicycling community in a united mission to improve the bicycling environment and quality of life for the entire region. -
The Metro Rapid Program was implemented
The goal with the Rapid bus is to improve bus speeds within urbanized Los Angeles County.This bus service offers limited stops on many of the county's more heavily traveled arterial streets. Metro claims to reduce passenger commute times by up to 25 percent by several methods, among them the lack of a bus schedule so that drivers are not held up at certain stops. -
Beach Cities Transit (Redondo Beach)
Ridership: 56,918 -
Transit Access Pass was introduced to the public
The TAP smart card allows bus and rail passengers to physically tap their cards on the farebox for faster boarding. This automated fare system will eventually be implemented on eleven other Los Angeles County transit operators and intends to replace the EZ Pass which allows travel between these transit agencies for one monthly price. Commuters from surrounding cities and comm -
Carmegeddon 2011
A section of I-405 was closed over the weekend of Friday, July 15, 2011 as part of the Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project.[9] Before the closing, local radio DJs and television newscasts referred to it as "Carmageddon" and "Carpocalypse", parodying the notion of Armageddon and the Apocalypse, since it was anticipated that the closure would severely impact traffic.[10][11] In reality, traffic was lighter than normal across a wide area. California Department of Transportation reported that fewer -
Metro fares, effective August 1, 2011 (US dollars)
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7,499,722 registered vehicles in LA
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The Expo Line opened
The Expo Line is a Los Angeles County Metro Rail light-rail line between Downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica, California. It is operated and maintained by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. -
Metro Rail 2012
Between its light rail and heavy rail systems, Los Angeles Metro Rail has 73 miles (117 km) of rail, averaging 308,653 trips per weekday,[31] and accounting for approximately 1.1% of the 29 million daily trips originating in Los Angeles County. -
MetroLink (Southern California Regional Rail Authority )
Ridership: 10,693,327 -
MTA implements Measure J
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LA has an estimated population on 9,889,056.
