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Los Angeles Metro Bus is the transit bus service in Los Angeles County, California operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . , there are 113 routes in the system. Metro employs the drivers that operate most routes, but some are contracted out to MV Transportation, Southland Transit, and Transdev. Los Angeles Metro has the third largest fleet in North America, with 2,320 buses, about 80 percent are standard length ( or longer) and 17 percent are high-capacity articulated buses. History The Metro Bus brand dates back to the 1993 founding of Metro, but many of the routes in the system are little changed from the bus routes of the prior Southern California Rapid Transit District (RTD) or the streetcar routes operated by the Pacific Electric Red Cars or the Los Angeles Railway Yellow Cars. Starting in 2003, Metro operated its bus network under three different brands: oran ...
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Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA), commonly branded as Metro, LA Metro, and L.A. Metro, is the state agency that plans, operates, and coordinates funding for most of the transportation system in Los Angeles County. The agency directly operates a large transit system that includes bus, light rail, heavy rail (subway), and bus rapid transit services; and provides funding for transit it does not operate, including Metrolink commuter rail, municipal bus operators and paratransit services. Metro also provides funding and directs planning for railroad and highway projects within Los Angeles County. In , the system had a total ridership of and had a ridership of per weekday as of . Background The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority was formed on February 1, 1993, from the merger of two rival agencies: the Southern California Rapid Transit District (SCRTD or more often, RTD) and the Los Angeles County Transportation Com ...
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Westwood, Los Angeles, California
Westwood is a commercial and residential neighborhood in the northern central portion of the Westside region of Los Angeles, California. It is the home of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Bordering the campus on the south is Westwood Village, a major regional district for shopping, dining, movie theaters, and other entertainment. Wilshire Boulevard through Westwood is a major corridor of condominium towers, on the eastern end and of Class A office towers, on the western end. Westwood also has residential areas of multifamily and single family housing, including exclusive Holmby Hills. The neighborhood was developed starting in 1919, and UCLA opened in 1929, while Westwood Village was built up starting in 1929 through the 1930s. Geography According to the Westwood Neighborhood Council, the Westwood Homeowners Association, and the ''Los Angeles Times''  Mapping L.A. project, Westwood is bounded by:''The Thomas Guide: Los Angeles County,'' 2004, pages 6 ...
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a nonprofit, tertiary, 886-bed teaching hospital and multi-specialty academic health science center located in Los Angeles, California. Part of the Cedars-Sinai Health System, the hospital employs a staff of over 2,000 physicians and 10,000 employees, supported by a team of 2,000 volunteers and more than 40 community groups. As of 2022-23, '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Cedars-Sinai the best hospital in the western United States. It ranked as the best hospital in California and 2nd best hospital in the entire United States; and was placed nationally in 11 adult medical specialties and rated high performing in 21 adult specialties, procedures and conditions. Cedars-Sinai is a teaching hospital affiliate of David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), which was ranked # 19 on the U.S. News 2023 Best Medical Schools: Research. Cedars-Sinai focuses on biomedical research and technologically advanced medical ...
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Koreatown, Los Angeles
Koreatown ( ko, 코리아타운) is a neighborhood in central Los Angeles, California, centered near Eighth Street and Irolo Street. Koreans began immigrating in larger numbers in the 1960s and found housing in the Mid-Wilshire area. Many opened businesses as they found rent and tolerance toward the growing Korean population. Many of the historic Art deco buildings with terra cotta façades have been preserved because the buildings remained economically viable for the new businesses.Hawthorne, Christopher (November 29, 2014"KOREATOWN'S COOL OLD BUILDINGS POINT TO L.A.'S FUTURE"''Los Angeles Times'' (online). Despite the name evoking a traditional ethnic enclave, the community is complex and has an impact on areas outside the traditional boundaries. While the neighborhood culture was historically oriented to the Korean immigrant population, Korean business owners are creating stronger ties to the Latino community in Koreatown. The community is highly diverse ethnically, with h ...
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Beverly Grove, Los Angeles
Beverly Grove is a neighborhood within the Beverly–Fairfax neighborhood in the Mid-City West area of Los Angeles, California. Geography City of Los Angeles The term "Beverly Grove" was first used in 2006 to unofficially refer to an area that was proposed to be subject to an anti-mansionization ordinance.Motion by Jack Weiss
Councilmember, 5th District, February 24, 2006. "An ordinance imposing interim regulations on the issuance of building permits on any R1-zoned lot fronting on and within the area generally bounded by Colgate Avenue on the north, Fairfax Avenue on the east, Lindenhurst Avenue on the south, and San Vicente Boulevard on the west, hereby unofficially referred to as 'Beverly Grove' in the Wilshire Community Plan Area."
It referred to an area in the Wilshire Community Plan area that was generally bounde ...
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Larchmont, Los Angeles
Larchmont is a half-square-mile neighborhood in the Central Los Angeles, central region of the City of Los Angeles, California. It has three schools and one small park. It has been the site of early and recent motion picture shoots. Geography According to the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council and the Larchmont Village Neighborhood Association, Larchmont's boundaries are Melrose Avenue on the north, Wilton Place on the east, Beverly Boulevard on the south, and Arden Boulevard on the west.Thomas Guide, Los Angeles County, 2004, pages 593 and 633 Adjacent neighborhoods are Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood to the north, Wilshire Center, Los Angeles, Wilshire Center to the east, Windsor Square, Los Angeles, Windsor Square to the south, and Hancock Park, Los Angeles, Hancock Park to the west. According to the Mapping L.A. project of the ''Los Angeles Times,'' Larchmont is flanked by Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood to the north, East Hollywood, Los Angeles, East Hollywood to the ...
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Avalon Station (Los Angeles Metro)
Avalon station is a elevated light rail station on the C Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located in the median of Interstate 105 (Century Freeway), above Avalon Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the unincorporated neighborhood of Green Meadows. The original name for the station was Avalon Blvd/I-105, but was later simplified to just Avalon. Service Station layout Hours and frequency Connections , the following connections are available: * Los Angeles Metro Bus: , , * LADOT DASH The Los Angeles Department of Transportation, commonly referred to as LADOT, is a municipal agency that oversees transportation planning, design, construction, maintenance and operations within the city of Los Angeles. LADOT was created by city or ...: Watts * the Link: Willowbrook Route A References South Los Angeles C Line (Los Angeles Metro) stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1995 1995 establishments in California ...
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Los Angeles Metro Bus
Los Angeles Metro Bus is the transit bus service in Los Angeles County, California operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . , there are 113 routes in the system. Metro employs the drivers that operate most routes, but some are contracted out to MV Transportation, Southland Transit, and Transdev. Los Angeles Metro has the third largest fleet in North America, with 2,320 buses, about 80 percent are standard length ( or longer) and 17 percent are high-capacity articulated buses. History The Metro Bus brand dates back to the 1993 founding of Metro, but many of the routes in the system are little changed from the bus routes of the prior Southern California Rapid Transit District (RTD) or the streetcar routes operated by the Pacific Electric Red Cars or the Los Angeles Railway Yellow Cars. Starting in 2003, Metro operated its bus network under three different brands: oran ...
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West Hollywood, California
West Hollywood is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Incorporated in 1984, it is home to the Sunset Strip. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 U.S. Census, its population was 35,757. It is considered one of the most prominent gay villages in the United States. History Most historical writings about West Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood begin in the late-18th century with European colonization when the Portuguese people, Portuguese explorer João Rodrigues Cabrilho arrived offshore and claimed the already inhabited region for Spain. Around 5,000 of the indigenous inhabitants from the Tongva people, Tongva Indian tribe canoed out to greet the ship. The Tongva tribe was a nation of hunter-gatherers known for their reverence for dance and courage. By 1771, these native people had been severely ravaged by the diseases brought in by the Europeans from across wide oceans. The Spanish mission system changed the tribal name to "Gabrielinos", in reference t ...
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Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census population was 93,076. Santa Monica is a popular resort town, owing to its climate, beaches, and hospitality industry. It has a diverse economy, hosting headquarters of companies such as Hulu, Universal Music Group, Lionsgate Films, and The Recording Academy. Santa Monica traces its history to Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica, granted in 1839 to the Sepúlveda family of California. The rancho was later sold to John Percival Jones, John P. Jones and Robert Symington Baker, Robert Baker, who in 1875, along with his Californio heiress wife Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker, founded Santa Monica, which incorporated as a city in 1886. The city developed into a seaside resort during the late 19th and early 20th cen ...
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Big Blue Bus
Big Blue Bus (stylized, big blue bus) is a municipal bus service serving the city of Santa Monica and the greater Westside region of Los Angeles County. The service, operated by the city of Santa Monica, was founded on April 14, 1928 and throughout its existence has used a blue color scheme for its buses, leading to the Big Blue Bus nickname that would later become the official name of the agency. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . Big Blue Bus receives funding from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) and offers connections to its Metro Bus and Metro Rail systems, but is operated independent from Metro. History The agency was founded on April 14, 1928 as the Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines and the agency picked a unique blue color scheme for its buses, later leading to the Big Blue Bus nickname. It holds the distinction of being the second oldest public transit bus system still operating in Los Angeles Count ...
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West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
West Los Angeles is an area within the city of Los Angeles, California. The residential and commercial neighborhood is divided by the Interstate 405 (California), Interstate 405 freeway, and each side is sometimes treated as a distinct neighborhood, mapped differently by different sources. Each lies within the larger Westside (Los Angeles County), Westside region of Los Angeles County. Geography West Los Angeles Community Plan The West Los Angeles Community Plan area recognized by the city of Los Angeles is generally bounded by Centinela Avenue on the west; Wilshire Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard on the north; National Boulevard, Pico Boulevard, and Exposition Boulevard on the south; and Durango Avenue, Robertson Boulevard, and Canfield Avenue on the east. Among the neighborhoods included within it are Sawtelle, Los Angeles, Sawtelle, Rancho Park, Los Angeles, Rancho Park, Beverlywood, Los Angeles, Beverlywood, Cheviot Hills, Los Angeles, Cheviot Hills, Castle Heights, Los ...
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