Description
The bus rapid transit line runs west from the El Monte Station in El Monte to Union Station using High-occupancy vehicle lanes (HOV lanes) on the El Monte Busway. From there it heads south along surface streets through downtown Los Angeles, joins the Harbor Transitway using HOV lanes for the final section to the Harbor Gateway Transit Center in the district of Harbor Gateway near the city of Carson. It also serves California State University, Los Angeles, the USC Medical Center, University of Southern California and a number of bus stops in the downtown area with connections to Metro Rail services and mainline rail services from Union Station. The line also serves stations in the communities of Exposition Park, South Los Angeles and Gardena.
The Metro Silver Line serves a combination of stations and street stops. The Silver Line will have a new busway station near the Patsaouras Transit Plaza in June 2015 as part of the Metro ExpressLanes project. None of the Silver Line stations, which were constructed 20 years ago are equipped with ticket vending machines. During a board meeting in January 2013, staff approved for the implementation of 5 ticket vending machines at the El Monte Station. During August 2012, Metro added a Metro pylon sign for the Metro Silver Line at Harbor Gateway Transit Center, as part of the Metro Express Lanes project. Metro has recently approved proposals to revitalize the Silver Line stations and improve wayfinding as well as adding art to their stations. Metro is expected to upgrade all of the Silver Line stations by December 2014.
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