LA Metro’s June Ridership Levels Keep Its Upward Trend Rolling

Pride events help boost weekend numbers. The increases are also attributed to the system’s public safety efforts.
LA Metro’s June Ridership Levels Keep Its Upward Trend Rolling
A bus awaits passengers in Los Angeles on March 20, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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Overall Metro ridership in Los Angeles increased in June compared with the same period a year earlier—the 19th straight monthly uptick—with the transit agency reporting almost 25.2 million boardings between buses and rails, and ridership hitting 85.5 percent of pre-COVID June 2019 passenger levels.

Data released July 22 showed a combined bus and rail total of some 18.7 million boardings on weekdays last month, bringing ridership to 82.1 percent of its pre-pandemic levels, the agency said.

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