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Los Angeles Metro was formed on the 1st of February 1993, when the California State Legislature merged two rival agencies, the Southern California Rapid Transit District and the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, into a single body called the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Los Angeles Metro operates 125.1 miles of urban rail service across four light rail lines and two rapid transit lines, with 110 stations in total.
The base fare for Los Angeles Metro buses and trains is $1.75. Metro introduced daily and seven-day fare caps in July 2023, capping spending at $5 per day or $18 per seven-day period.
The GoPass program provides free unlimited rides to K-12 and community college students attending participating schools in the Los Angeles area. It began as a two-year pilot in 2021 and was made permanent in April 2024. It is accepted by 15 transit systems beyond Metro itself.
Metro's 2020 budget totaled $7.2 billion, drawn from four separate 0.5% sales taxes (Propositions A and C, and Measures R and M), federal grants, passenger fares, ExpressLanes tolls, and bond proceeds. Measure M, passed in November 2016, is projected to fund $120 billion in projects over 40 years.
Most of Metro's bus fleet runs on compressed natural gas, the largest such fleet in the United States, reducing particulate emissions by 90% and carbon monoxide by 80% compared to diesel. Metro is also expanding its battery electric bus fleet and plans to convert the entire bus system to electric.