LA Metro Records Highest Bus and Train Ridership Since Pandemic

Mayor Karen Bass credited the increase to improvements in safety and accessibility. And replacing cloth seats with vinyl probably didn’t hurt.

Passengers in the Westlake/MacArthur Park train station in Los Angeles on March 20, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Ridership on LA Metro’s buses and trains has increased to its highest level since the coronavirus pandemic, City News Service reported.

There were a total of 284,905,020 boardings in 2023, up 11.6 percent from 2022, according to Metro’s announcement on Monday.