La Brea Avenue will soon gain a new bus priority lane, with plans for more to come still gathering community feedback.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) and the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) recently began installation of a new bus priority lane on La Brea Avenue, running north from the future location of the future Wilshire/La Brea Station on the D Line (née Purple Line).
According to an Emily Cadena for Metro’s the Source, the project is only the first phase of a project that could eventually extend south of the D Line to the E Line.
“Metro’s contractor will restripe curbside lanes, replace existing signage with new bus lane signs and install pavement markings for new bus priority lanes between Sunset and Olympic,” according to Cadena.
Cadena also explains that the bus priority lane project grew out of recommendations from the Bus Speed Engineering Working Group as part of Metro’s NextGen Bus Plan, and was approved by the Metro Board of Directors and the Los Angeles City Council in July 2019.
Last Planetizen checked, the Next Gen Bus Plan was still trying to find its footing while dealing with operator shortages.
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