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.

A bus awaits passengers in Los Angeles on March 20, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

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.