Public Transit
LA is home to one of the country’s best public transportation networks, including subways, light-rail, buses and shuttles to just about every corner of the Greater Los Angeles area.
Information on:
Metro Rail System
Metro Bus System
DASH/Commuter Express
Union Station FlyAway
Metro Rail System
Six fast, easy-to-use and environmentally friendly color-coded subway, light-rail and rapid bus transit lines offer visitors an affordable way of getting from one destination to the next.
- The Metro Blue Line (light rail) runs north and south between Long Beach and LA.
- The Metro Green Line (light rail) runs east and west between Norwalk and Redondo Beach.
- The Metro Red Line (subway) meets the Blue Line in LA and provides service through Downtown, the Mid-Wilshire area, Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley, where it meets the Metro Orange Line (rapid bus transit), which runs from North Hollywood to the Warner Center in Woodland Hills.
- The Metro Purple Line (subway) runs between Union Station, Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue.
- The Metro Gold Line (light rail) connects with the Red Line at Union Station and runs to Pasadena.
For detailed schedules, fares, interactive maps, multi-language pocket guides and more info, visit www.metro.net.
Metro Bus System
Three types of bus service are available throughout the Greater Los Angeles area. With 200 different lines, buses travel all over the city to every major destination including state parks, area attractions and shopping districts.
- Metro Local (painted orange) makes frequent stops along major streets throughout the city.
- Metro Rapid (painted red) offers fewer stops and expedited travel times on the city’s major streets, with the use of special transponders that cause traffic signals to favor the bus.
- Metro Express (painted blue) offers reduced stop service along the city’s freeway systems.
For detailed schedules, interactive maps, multi-language pocket guides and more info, visit www.metro.net.
DASH
The City of Los Angeles Transportation (LADOT) currently operates the second largest fleet in Los Angeles County. LADOT’s transit fleet serves approximately 30 million passenger boardings per year.
DASH Downtown
Six quick bus routes through Downtown depart every five to 10 minutes between 6:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. on weekdays, and every 15 minutes between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
- Route A – Little Tokyo to City West
- Route B – Chinatown to Financial District
- Route C – Financial District to South Park
- Route D – Union Station to South Park
- Route E – City West to Fashion District
- Route F – Financial District to Exposition Park/USC
DASH also Serves:
- Beachwood Canyon
- Boyle Heights/East LA
- Chesterfield Square
- Crenshaw
- Downtown Los Angeles
- El Sereno/City Terrace
- Fairfax
- Highland Park/Eagle Rock
- Hollywood
- Hollywood/West Hollywood
- Hollywood/Wilshire
- King-East
- Leimert/Slauson
- Lincoln Heights/Chinatown
- Los Feliz
- Midtown
- Northridge
- Panorama City/Van Nuys
- Pico Union/Echo Park
- San Pedro
- Southeast Los Angeles
- Van Nuys/Studio City
- Vermont/Main
- Warner Center
- Watts
- Wilmington
- Wilshire Center/Koreatown
Commuter Express
LADOT offers stress-free, reliable bus service to Downtown Los Angeles in the morning and back in the afternoon from communities reaching from the beach cities to the San Fernando Valley.
For more information, visit www.ladottransit.com/dash.
FlyAway
A fast, affordable ride ($3) between Downtown and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) or between Van Nuys Airport (VNY) and LAX. Tickets can be purchased from the FlyAway kiosk in the Patsaouras terminal or the Van Nuys FlyAway. Remote baggage check-in and boarding passes are available.
The Union Station bus departs every 30 minutes from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m., and each hour from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. FlyAway buses run 24 hours a day. From the San Fernando Valley, the FlyAway service runs between the VNY and LAX 24 hours a day, with 30-minute departures between 4:45 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. and hourly service from midnight to 4:30 a.m.
For more information, visit www.lawa.org/flyaway.
