LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

The 'Los Angeles Department of Transportation', commonly referred to as 'LADOT', is an agency that provides public transportation to the City of Los Angeles. It currently operates the second largest fleet in Los Angeles County next to LACMTA. It consist of over 300 vehicles, serving nearly 30 million passengers a year and operating over 800,000 hours.
LADOT also develops the traffic signal timing and transportation planning for the city. Actual road maintenance, construction, and operation is provided by the Los Angeles City Department of Public Works.
LADOT is one of the few transportation agencies to have a song sung about it. ''L.A. Dot'', with music by Randy Rogel, tells the story of the ''Animaniacs'' character Dot as she watches buses go by with her name. [1]

Contents

Current LADOT Transit Services

DASH

Commuter Express

CityRide

External links

Current LADOT Transit Services

DASH

'DASH' currently operates over 30 routes covering Downtown Los Angeles and many outlying communities within the City. It's primary function is to provide localized service and is a feeder into the countywide MTA Metro service.

DASH Community Routes include:

★ Beachwood Canyon

★ Boyle Heights/East LA

★ Chesterfield Square

★ Crenshaw

★ Downtown L.A.:A, B, C, D, DD, E, F

★ El Sereno/City Terrace

★ Fairfax

★ Highland Park/Eagle Rock

★ Hollywood

★ Hollywood/West Hollywood

★ Hollywood/Wilshire

★ King-East

★ Leimart/Slauson

★ Lincoln Heights/Chinatown

★ Los Feliz

★ Midtown

★ Northridge

★ Panorama City/Van Nuys

★ Pico Union/Echo Park

★ San Pedro

★ Southeast/Pueblo del Rio

★ Van Nuys/Studio City

★ Vermont/Main

★ Warner Center (connects with the Metro Orange Line)

★ Watts

★ Wilmington

★ Wilshire Center/Koreatown
Most DASH buses are El Dorado EZ-Rider vehicles powered by clean propane fuel. The first two digits of DASH bus numbers denote which year the bus came into service. For instance, 98001 denotes 1998 and 06001 denotes 2006. All DASH buses are 30 feet long, making it easier for dense neighborhoods where there are narrower streets and tighter turns.
The current fare for DASH remains $0.25.

Commuter Express

'Commuter Express' is an express bus service, consisting of 16 routes, all but one running during rush hours only. Fares are based on a flat rate for travel on streets plus an extra charge based on the distance traveled on freeways.
Routes include:

★ '142': San Pedro-Long Beach via Seventh Street/Ocean Boulevard (daily service)

★ '409': Sylmar-Downtown Los Angeles via Foothill Boulevard

★ '413': Burbank-Downtown Los Angeles via Sherman Way/Victory Boulevard

★ '419': Chatsworth-Downtown Los Angeles via Devonshire Street

★ '422': Thousand Oaks-Downtown Los Angeles via Thousand Oaks Boulevard/Warner Center

★ '423': Newbury Park-Downtown Los Angeles

★ '430': Pacific Palisades-Downtown Los Angeles via Sunset Boulevard

★ '431': Westwood-Downtown Los Angeles via Beverly Glen Boulevard/Wilshire Boulevard

★ '437': Venice-Downtown Los Angeles via Culver Boulevard

★ '438': Redondo Beach-Downtown Los Angeles via Highland Avenue

★ '448': Rancho Palos Verdes-Downtown Los Angeles via Pacific Coast Highway/Hawthrone Boulevard

★ '534': Westwood/Century City-Downtown Los Angeles via Olympic Boulevard (reverse peak service)

★ '549': Encino-Pasadena via Burbank Boulevard

★ '573': Mission Hills-Century City via Balboa Boulevard

★ '574': Sylmar-El Segundo via Balboa Boulevard

★ '575': Simi Valley-Warner Center

CityRide

'CityRide' is a program for individuals in the City of Los Angeles, aged 65 or older and for qualified disabled persons.

External links

★ Los Angeles Department of Transportation

★ TrafficInfo