GTrans is a municipal transit agency that serves Gardena, California and surrounding Los Angeles County neighbourhoods. It was founded on January 15, 1940, as Gardena Municipal Bus Lines. On the agency's 75th anniversary, the agency was renamed as GTrans.[4] The bus lines complement the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's crosstown routes through the city.[1] In 2023, the system had a ridership of 2,131,500, or about 8,900 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2023.
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| Parent | City of Gardena |
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| Founded | January 15, 1940 (as Gardena Municipal Bus Lines)[1] |
| Headquarters | 1700 West 162nd Street, Gardena, California |
| Locale | Gardena, California |
| Service type | bus service, paratransit |
| Routes | 6 |
| Fleet | 76 buses |
| Daily ridership | 8,900 (weekdays, Q4 2023)[2] |
| Annual ridership | 2,131,500 (2023)[3] |
| Fuel type | CNG, battery electric |
| Website | ridegtrans |
As of September 2023, GTrans operates 3 daily routes, 2 school tripper routes, 1 weekday route, and 1 event route. Weekend service is provided on New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
Routes edit
As of February 2024[update], GTrans operates five routes:[5]
- 1X: Redondo Beach station – Downtown Los Angeles
- 2: Western Avenue / Normandy Avenue (loop)
- 3: Redondo Beach Transit Center – MLK Transit Center
- 5: Aviation/LAX station – Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station
- 7X: SoFi Stadium – Hawthorne/Lennox station – Harbor Gateway Transit Center (Sundays only)
References edit
- ^ a b About Us, GTrans, retrieved 22 July 2015
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- ^ jack (2015-02-04). "Gardena Municipal Bus Lines Changes Name to GTrans and Debuts New Electric Bus". SUSTAINABLE RACE. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
- ^ "Routes & Schedules". GTrans. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
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