Los Angeles Department of Transportation
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation, commonly referred to as LADOT, is an agency that provides public transportation to the City of Los Angeles. It currently operates the second largest fleet in Los Angeles County next to LACMTA. It consist of over 300 vehicles, serving nearly 30 million passengers a year and operating over 800,000 hours.
LADOT also develops the traffic signal timing and transportation planning for the city. Actual road maintenance, construction, and operation is provided by the Los Angeles City Department of Public Works.
LADOT is one of the few transportation agencies to have a song sung about it. L. A. Dot, with music by Randy Rogel, tells the story of the Animaniacs character Dot as she watches buses go by with her name. [1]
Current LADOT Trasit Services
- DASH currently operates over 30 routes covering Downtown Los Angeles and many outlying communities within the City. It's primary function is to provide localized service and is a feeder into the countywide MTA Metro service.
DASH Community Routes include:
- Beachwood Canyon
- Boyle Heights/East LA
- Chesterfield Square
- Crenshaw (also known as the Jungle DASH)
- El Sereno/City Terrace
- Fairfax
- Highland Park/Eagle Rock
- Hollywood
- Hollywood/West Hollywood
- Hollywood/Wilshire
- King-East
- Leimart/Slauson
- Lincoln Heights/Chinatown
- Los Feliz
- Midtown
- Northridge
- Panorama City/Van Nuys
- Pico Union/Echo Park
- San Pedro
- Southeast/Pueblo del Rio
- Van Nuys/Studio City
- Vermont/Main
- Warner Center (connects with the Metro Orange Line)
- Watts
- Wilmington
- Wilshire Center/Koreatown
Most DASH buses are El Dorado EZ-Rider vehicles powered by clean propane fuel. The first two digits of DASH bus numbers denote which year the bus came into service. For instance, 98001 denotes 1998 and 06001 denotes 2006. All DASH buses are 30 feet long, making it easier for dense neighborhoods where there are narrower streets and tighter turns.
The current fare for DASH remains $0.25
- Commuter Express operates 16 routes and makes a limited number of stops, making the travel times as short as possible. Whether your commute takes you to Downtown Los Angeles or another major center.Fares are based on a flat rate for travel on streets plus an extra charge based on the distance traveled on freeways. A new stop will be added to route 423, that begin or end at Borchard Road, on the bus plaza at the Thousand Oaks Community Transportation Center in Newbury Park, will be effective Monday, September 12, 2005.
- City Ride is a program for individuals in the City of Los Angeles, aged 65 or older and for qualified disabled persons.
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