Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Encyclopedia
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation, commonly referred to as LADOT, is an agency created by Los Angeles City Ordinance, and is governed by a citizen commission. The LADOT is best known for providing public transportation to the City of Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

. 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
Transportation planning
Transportation planning is a field involved with the evaluation, assessment, design and siting of transportation facilities .-Models and Sustainability :...

 for the city. Actual road maintenance, construction, and operation is provided by the Los Angeles City Department of Public Works. The LADOT performs many different transportation related duties:


This Department is responsible for the development of plans to meet the ground transportation needs of the traveling public and commerce; it has centralized authority over the conceptual planning and operation of the City’s streets and highways system; and it provides a primary interface with the other government agencies on transportation matters. The Department studies traffic problems; analyzes the effect of new development on parking and highway needs; designs, installs and maintains traffic signs, signals, parking meters, street name signs, line striping and other transportation control devices; develops and operates bus transit programs for the general public and the elderly and disabled; coordinates the development of off-street parking; enforces parking regulations; administers the City’s Administrative Adjudication Program for parking citation appeals; collects parking violation revenues; collects parking meter revenue; provides for intersection control; provides crossing guard services at public and parochial schools; provides public utility regulation through investigation of services and rates of the privately owned public utilities, such as taxicabs, ambulances and sightseeing vehicles; and prepares and enforces provisions of franchises.
- From pg. 36 "Your Government at a Glance, Facts About the City of Los Angeles" 2006 Edition by Frank T. Martinez, Los Angeles City Clerk.


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
Animaniacs
Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs, usually referred to as simply Animaniacs, is an American animated series, distributed by Warner Bros. Television and produced by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. The cartoon was the second animated series produced by the collaboration of Steven...

 character Dot as she watches buses go by with her name.

History

Los Angeles City Department of Traffic officer John K. Dancler was fired in 2009 after appearing in a pornographic video in 2008. He had appealed the firing. Fellow officer Vaughn Dorsey, who appeared in the video, is still employed by the Department of Transportation. Department of Transportation should not be confused with the LAPD as it is a separate department and is non-sworn.

DASH

DASH (Downtown Area Short Hop) currently operates 30 routes covering Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, United States, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area...

 and many outlying communities within the City. Its primary function is to provide localized service and is a feeder into the countywide MTA Metro service.

DASH Community Routes include:
  • Beachwood Canyon (connects with the Metro Red Line) (LADOT community connection #208)

  • Boyle Heights/East LA
    East Los Angeles (region)
    East Los Angeles is the portion of the City of Los Angeles that lies east of Downtown Los Angeles, the Los Angeles River and the unincorporated areas of Lincoln Heights, west of the San Gabriel Valley, East Los Angeles and City Terrace, south of Cypress Park, and north of Vernon, California and...

     (EX LACMTA #255)

  • Chesterfield Square (connects with the Metro Blue Line)

  • Crenshaw
    Crenshaw
    -People:*Ander Crenshaw , American politician*Ben Crenshaw , American professional golfer*John Crenshaw , American landowner and slave trader*Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw , law professor...


  • Downtown A: Little Tokyo
    Little Tokyo
    Little Tokyo may refer to:* Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California* Little Tokyo, Vancouver* Little Tokyo, U.S.A., a 1942 American film* Another term for a Japantown* Shigeri Akabane , Japanese professional wrestler...

    /City West (connects with Metro Red Line, Metro Gold Line and the Metro Blue Line)

  • Downtown B: Chinatown
    Chinatown, Los Angeles
    Chinatown in Los Angeles, California is located in the city's downtown area. Built in 1938, it is the second Chinatown to be constructed in Los Angeles. The original historic Chinatown was founded in the late 19th century, but was demolished to make room for Union Station, the city's major rail...

    /Financial District (connects with the Metro Red Line, Metro Gold Line, Metro Blue Line, Metrolink
    Metrolink (Southern California)
    Metrolink is a commuter rail system serving Los Angeles and the surrounding area of Southern California; it currently consists of six lines and 55 stations using of track....

     Lines: Ventura County, Antelope Valley, San Bernardino, 91, Riverside, and Orange County, and Amtrak
    Amtrak
    The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...

     lines: Pacific Surfliner
    Pacific Surfliner
    The Pacific Surfliner is a Amtrak regional passenger train route serving communities on the coast of Southern California between San Diego and San Luis Obispo....

    , Coast Starlight
    Coast Starlight
    The Coast Starlight is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on the West Coast of the United States. It runs from King Street Station in Seattle, Washington, to Union Station in Los Angeles, California. The train's name was formed as a merging of two of Southern Pacific's train names, the Coast...

    , Sunset Limited
    Sunset Limited
    The Sunset Limited is a passenger train that for most of its history has run between New Orleans, Louisiana and Los Angeles, California, and that from early 1993 through late August 2005 also ran east of New Orleans to Jacksonville, Florida, making it during that time the only true transcontinental...

    , Southwest Chief
    Southwest Chief
    The Southwest Chief is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 2256-mile BNSF route through the Midwestern and Southwestern United States. It runs from Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California, passing through Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California...

    , and Texas Eagle
    Texas Eagle
    The Texas Eagle is a 1306-mile passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the central and western United States. Trains run daily between Chicago, Illinois, and San Antonio, Texas, and continue to Los Angeles, California, 2728 miles total, three days a week...


  • Downtown D: Union Station
    Union Station (Los Angeles)
    Los Angeles Union Station is the main railway station in Los Angeles, California. The station has rail services by Amtrak and Amtrak California and Metrolink; light rail/subways are the Metro Rail Red Line, Purple Line, Gold Line. Bus rapid transport runs on the Silver Line...

    /South Park (connects with the Metro Red Line, Metro Gold Line, Metro Blue Line, Metrolink
    Metrolink (Southern California)
    Metrolink is a commuter rail system serving Los Angeles and the surrounding area of Southern California; it currently consists of six lines and 55 stations using of track....

     Lines: Ventura County, Antelope Valley, San Bernardino, 91, Riverside, and Orange County, and Amtrak
    Amtrak
    The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...

     lines: Pacific Surfliner
    Pacific Surfliner
    The Pacific Surfliner is a Amtrak regional passenger train route serving communities on the coast of Southern California between San Diego and San Luis Obispo....

    , Coast Starlight
    Coast Starlight
    The Coast Starlight is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on the West Coast of the United States. It runs from King Street Station in Seattle, Washington, to Union Station in Los Angeles, California. The train's name was formed as a merging of two of Southern Pacific's train names, the Coast...

    , Sunset Limited
    Sunset Limited
    The Sunset Limited is a passenger train that for most of its history has run between New Orleans, Louisiana and Los Angeles, California, and that from early 1993 through late August 2005 also ran east of New Orleans to Jacksonville, Florida, making it during that time the only true transcontinental...

    , Southwest Chief
    Southwest Chief
    The Southwest Chief is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 2256-mile BNSF route through the Midwestern and Southwestern United States. It runs from Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California, passing through Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California...

    , and Texas Eagle
    Texas Eagle
    The Texas Eagle is a 1306-mile passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the central and western United States. Trains run daily between Chicago, Illinois, and San Antonio, Texas, and continue to Los Angeles, California, 2728 miles total, three days a week...


  • Downtown E: City West/Financial District (connects with the Metro Red Line and Metro Blue Line)

  • Downtown F: Financial District Exposition Park/USC
    University of Southern California
    The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

     (connects with the Metro Red Line and Metro Blue Line

  • El Sereno
    El Sereno
    -Locations:* For the district in Northeast Los Angeles, see El Sereno, Los Angeles.* For the mountain in Santa Clara County, California, see the El Sereno Open Space Preserve.* For the city named after El Sereno mountain, see Monte Sereno, California-Schools:...

    /City Terrace

  • Fairfax
    Fairfax, California
    Fairfax is an incorporated town in Marin County, California, United States. Fairfax is located west-northwest of San Rafael, at an elevation of 115 feet...


  • Highland Park
    Highland Park, Los Angeles, California
    Highland Park is a neighborhood in Northeast Los Angeles.-Geography:Highland Park is located along the Arroyo Seco. It is situated within what was once Rancho San Rafael of the Spanish / Mexican era...

    /Eagle Rock
    Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California
    In 1909, Hill Avenue, now Hill Drive, was one of Eagle Rock's most beautiful streets. Other streets were Royal Drive , Acacia Street , Kenilworth Avenue , Highland Avenue , and Fairmont Avenue...


  • Hollywood (connects with the Metro Red Line)

  • Hollywood/Wilshire (Larchmont Shuttle) (connects with the Metro Red Line, Metro Purple Line
    Purple Line
    - Public transit lines :The following public transit lines are either named the Purple Line, or colored purple on system maps:- In North America :* Purple Line , an elevated train line in Chicago...

    )

  • King-East

  • Leimert/Slauson

  • Lincoln Heights /Chinatown
    Chinatown, Los Angeles
    Chinatown in Los Angeles, California is located in the city's downtown area. Built in 1938, it is the second Chinatown to be constructed in Los Angeles. The original historic Chinatown was founded in the late 19th century, but was demolished to make room for Union Station, the city's major rail...

     (connects with the Metro Gold Line)

  • Los Feliz (connects with the Metro Red Line) (LADOT community connection #203)

  • Midtown
    South Los Angeles
    South Los Angeles, often abbreviated as South L.A. and formerly South Central Los Angeles, is the official name for a large geographic and cultural portion lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central, and is still widely known...


  • Northridge (connects with Metrolink
    Metrolink
    Metrolink, MetroLink, or Metro-link is the name of several transport services throughout the world:Australia*Metro-link Bus Lines, a bus operator in Sydney, New South Wales...

     Line: Ventura County)

  • Panorama City/Van Nuys

  • Pico Union/Echo Park (connects with the Metro Red Line)

  • San Pedro
    San Pedro, Los Angeles, California
    San Pedro is a port district of the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. It was annexed in 1909 and is a major seaport of the area...

    (LADOT community connection #147)

  • Southeast
    South Los Angeles
    South Los Angeles, often abbreviated as South L.A. and formerly South Central Los Angeles, is the official name for a large geographic and cultural portion lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central, and is still widely known...

    /Pueblo Del Rio
    Pueblo Del Rio
    Pueblo Del Rio is a public housing project located in south-central Los Angeles, California. The address of Pueblo Del Rio is 1801 East 53rd Street, which is near the intersection of 55th and Alameda streets....

     (connects with the Metro Blue Line)

  • Van Nuys/Studio City (connects with the Metro Orange Line)

  • Vermont/Main

  • Watts (connects with the Metro Blue Line, Metro Green Line)

  • Wilmington

  • Wilshire Center/Koreatown (connects with the Metro Red Line, Metro Purple Line
    Purple Line
    - Public transit lines :The following public transit lines are either named the Purple Line, or colored purple on system maps:- In North America :* Purple Line , an elevated train line in Chicago...

     )


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 06301 denotes 2006. All DASH buses are 30 feet (9.1 m) long, making it easier for dense neighborhoods where there are narrower streets and tighter turns.

In August 2010, LADOT instituted the first fare hike in the history of the DASH system, raising fares from $0.25 to $0.35. In 2011, DASH fares will be $0.50.

LADOT DASH Current Bus fleet

Make and
Model
Picture Year Numbers Engine and
Transmission
Fuel Type Assigned Divisions Notes
30 feet in length
Gillig Phantom 87031 1987 87029-87032 Diesel MV Transportation DASH5B
  • These buses run on San Pedro route.
ElDorado National E-Z Rider http://www.cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php?title=ElDorado_National_E-Z_Rider 98017
98029
1998 98015-98030
  • Cummins Westport B LPG Plus
  • Allison B300R
Propane
Propane
Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula , normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. A by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, it is commonly used as a fuel for engines, oxy-gas torches, barbecues, portable stoves, and residential central...

  • 98015-98019 operate at Veolia-Dash1&2

    • 98020-98030 operate at Veolia-Dash6
  • 98015-98019 are retired.
  • ElDorado National E-Z Rider
    99018
    99059
    1999–2000 99006-99037, 99040-99070
    • Cummins Westport B LPG Plus
    • Allison B300R
    Propane
    Propane
    Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula , normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. A by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, it is commonly used as a fuel for engines, oxy-gas torches, barbecues, portable stoves, and residential central...

  • 99006 operate at Veolia-Dash1&2

    • 99007 operated at Veolia-Dash3

    • 99008-99019 operate at Veolia-Dash1&2

    • 99020-99035 operate at Veolia-Dash6

    • 99036-99037 operate at Veolia-Dash1&2

    • 99040-99046 operate at Veolia-Dash1&2

    • 99047-99048 operate at Veolia-Dash3

    • 99049-99060 operate at Veolia-Dash1&2

    • 99061-99069 operate at Veolia-Dash3

    • 99070 operate at Veolia-Dash1&2
  • 99006, 99007, 99009, 99013, 99014, 99048, 99063 and 99064 retired
  • Freightliner Supreme Classic Trolley 01002 2001 01001-01004 Diesel
    Diesel engine
    A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber...

    Veolia Dash 1 & 2
  • These are trolleys that run on Propane
    Propane
    Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula , normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. A by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, it is commonly used as a fuel for engines, oxy-gas torches, barbecues, portable stoves, and residential central...

    . They use these vehicles for the Observatory Shuttle (shuttle to the Griffith Observatory
    Griffith Observatory
    Griffith Observatory is in Los Angeles, California, United States. Sitting on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in L.A.'s Griffith Park, it commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin, including downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest...

    ) and Lincoln Heights/Chinatown route.
  • ElDorado National E-Z Rider 01041 2001 01041
  • Cummins Westport B LPG Plus
  • Allison B300R
  • Propane
    Propane
    Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula , normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. A by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, it is commonly used as a fuel for engines, oxy-gas torches, barbecues, portable stoves, and residential central...

    Veolia Dash 1&2
  • Ex Orange County Transportation Authority
    Octa
    Octa may refer to:*Octa, Ohio*Octa of Kent , early king of Kent*Okta, a cloud cover over one eighth of the sky in weather reports*octa, an Infrastructure-as-a-Service portal for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization...

  • ElDorado National E-Z Rider II
    02003
    02077
    2002 02001-02078
    • Cummins Westport B LPG Plus
    • Allison B300R
    Propane
    Propane
    Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula , normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. A by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, it is commonly used as a fuel for engines, oxy-gas torches, barbecues, portable stoves, and residential central...

  • 02001-02033 operate at Veolia-Dash6

    • 02034-02040 operate at Veolia-Dash1&2

    • 02041-02043

    • 02044 operate at Veolia-Dash5A

    • 02045-02066 operate at MV-Dash4

    • 02067

    • 02068-02074 operate at Veolia-Dash5A

    • 02075-02078 operate at Veolia-Dash1&2
    ElDorado National E-Z Rider II 03001
    03006
    2003 03001-03008
    • Cummins Westport B LPG Plus
    • Allison B300R
    Propane
    Propane
    Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula , normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. A by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, it is commonly used as a fuel for engines, oxy-gas torches, barbecues, portable stoves, and residential central...

    Veolia Dash 1&2
    ElDorado National E-Z Rider II MAX
    06301
    06315
    06318
    2006 06301-06319
    • Cummins Westport B LPG Plus
    • Allison B300R
    Propane
    Propane
    Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula , normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. A by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, it is commonly used as a fuel for engines, oxy-gas torches, barbecues, portable stoves, and residential central...

  • 06301-06307 operate at Veolia-Dash1&2

    • 06308-06314 operate at Veolia-Dash3

    • 06315-06317 operate at Veolia-Dash6

    • 06318-06319 operate at MV Transportation-Dash4
    ElDorado National E-Z Rider II MAX 07302
    07302
    2007 07301-07305
    • Cummins Westport B LPG Plus
    • Allison B300R
    Propane
    Propane
    Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula , normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. A by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, it is commonly used as a fuel for engines, oxy-gas torches, barbecues, portable stoves, and residential central...

    MV Transportation DASH4
    ElDorado National E-Z Rider II MAX 09301
    09302
    09321
    2009 09301-09324
    • Cummins Westport B LPG Plus
    • Allison B300R
    Propane
    Propane
    Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula , normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. A by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, it is commonly used as a fuel for engines, oxy-gas torches, barbecues, portable stoves, and residential central...

  • 09301-09302 operate at Veolia-Dash6

    • 09303-09319

    • 09320-09324 operate at Veolia-Dash5A
    StarTrans Classic American Trolley http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonat13/5969883246/ 2011 11201-11203 ? Propane
    Propane
    Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula , normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. A by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, it is commonly used as a fuel for engines, oxy-gas torches, barbecues, portable stoves, and residential central...

    Veolia-Dash1&2
  • Mainly runs on Lincoln Heights/Chinatown route.

  • LADOT DASH Retired bus fleet

    Make and
    Model
    Picture Year Numbers Engine and
    Transmission
    Fuel Type Ex-Assigned Divisions Retired Notes
    ElDorado National Escort RE 92093 1992 92093 First Transit 6
    Bluebird CSFE 3703 96004 1996 Veolia DASH5A
    ElDorado National Escort RE 20002 199? 20001-?????, First Transit 6
    El Dorado Transmark 98014 1998 98001-98014
    • Cummins Westport B LPG Plus
    • Allison B300R
    Propane Veolia DASH5A
    El Dorado Transmark 98031 1999 98031 Propane
    ElDorado National Escort RE 99002 1999 99002 Electric MV Transportation 1&2
    to Veolia Dash 1&2
    2010

    Commuter Express

    Commuter Express is an express bus
    Express bus
    An express bus service is a bus service that is intended to run faster than normal bus services between the same two commuter points....

     service, consisting of 13 routes, all but one running during rush hours only. Most routes were former Metro lines that were cancelled. Fares are based on a flat rate for travel on streets plus an extra charge based on the distance traveled on freeways.

    Services

    Unless otherwise noted, all service operates weekdays rush hours only in the peak direction: towards Downtown LA during the AM rush and from Downtown LA during the PM rush.

    Boarding Restrictions: For the purposes of this chart, closed-door means that customers are not allowed to use buses for local trips and open-door means that customers are allowed to use buses for local trips.
    Route Terminals via Notes
    San Pedro
    Ports O' Call
    Long Beach
    Long Beach, California
    Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...


    Long Beach Transit Mall
    Seventh Street, Ocean Boulevard
    • Daily service
    • Open-door along the entire route
    Sylmar
    Foothill Boulevard and Glenoaks Boulevard
    Downtown LA
    Hill Street and 12th Street
    San Fernando Valley: Foothill Boulevard
    Downtown LA: Flower & Figueroa Streets, Seventh Street
  • Closed-door within Sunland, Tujunga and Downtown LA, open-door elsewhere.
  • Chatsworth Station
    Chatsworth (Amtrak station)
    The Chatsworth Amtrak/Metrolink Station, sometimes referred to as the Chatsworth Transportation Center, is an Amtrak and Metrolink rail station in the Los Angeles community of Chatsworth, California, USA. It is served by both Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego and...

    Downtown LA
    University of Southern California
    University of Southern California
    The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

    San Fernando Valley: Devonshire Street
    Downtown LA: Hill Street, Figueroa Street
  • Closed-door between Alpine and Eighth Streets in Downtown LA, open-door elsewhere.
  • Thousand Oaks
    Thousand Oaks, California
    Thousand Oaks is a city in southeastern Ventura County, California, in the United States. It was named after the many oak trees that grace the area, and the city seal is adorned with an oak....


    The Oaks Shopping Center
    The Oaks Shopping Center
    The Oaks Shopping Center is a two-level indoor/outdoor, super-regional shopping mall located in Thousand Oaks, California. It is owned and managed by Macerich...

    Downtown LA
    University of Southern California
    Ventura County: Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Agora Road
    Downtown LA: Figueroa & Flower Streets
  • Service operates towards Thousand Oaks in the AM rush and towards Downtown LA in the PM rush.
  • Closed-door within Downtown LA, open-door elsewhere.
  • Thousand Oaks
    Thousand Oaks Transit Center
    Downtown LA
    University of Southern California
    Ventura County: Agora Road, Ventura Boulevard
    Downtown LA: Figueroa & Flower Streets
  • Closed-door within Downtown LA, open-door elsewhere.
  • Westwood
    VA Medical Center Park and Ride
    Downtown LA
    Union Station
    Union Station (Los Angeles)
    Los Angeles Union Station is the main railway station in Los Angeles, California. The station has rail services by Amtrak and Amtrak California and Metrolink; light rail/subways are the Metro Rail Red Line, Purple Line, Gold Line. Bus rapid transport runs on the Silver Line...

    Westside: Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Glen Boulevard
    Downtown LA: Venice Boulevard, Figueroa & Flower Streets, Grand & Olive Streets
  • Closed-door along the entire route
  • Venice
    Pacific Avenue and Washington Boulevard
    Downtown LA
    Temple Street and Los Angeles Street
    Westside: Culver Boulevard
    Downtown LA: Figueroa & Flower Streets, Grand & Olive Streets
  • Closed-door along the entire route
  • Downtown LA
    Temple Street and Los Angeles Street
    Redondo Beach
    Redondo Beach, California
    Redondo Beach is one of the three Beach Cities located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 66,748 at the 2010 census, up from 63,261 at the 2000 census. The city is located in the South Bay region of the greater Los Angeles area.Redondo Beach was originally part of...


    Palos Verdes Boulevard and Via Valencia
    Downtown LA Figueroa & Flower Streets
    Beach Cities: Highland Avenue, Hermosa Avenue
  • Closed-door along the entire route
  • Downtown LA
    Temple Street and Los Angeles Street
    Rancho Palos Verdes
    Rancho Palos Verdes, California
    Rancho Palos Verdes is a city in Los Angeles County, California that was incorporated on September 7, 1973. The population was 41,643 at the 2010 census...


    Crest Road and Crenshaw Boulevard
    Downtown LA: Figueroa & Flower Streets
    South Bay: Hawthorne Boulevard, Pacific Coast Highway
  • Closed-door along the entire route.
  • Westwood
    Wilshire Boulevard and Veteran Avenue
    Downtown LA
    Union Station
    Westside: Wilshire Boulevard, Olympic Boulevard
    Downtown LA: Figueroa & Flower Streets, First Street
  • Operates towards Westwood in the AM rush and towards Downtown in the PM rush.
  • Open-door along the entire route
  • Encino
    Encino Park and Ride
    Pasadena
    Pasadena, California
    Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...


    Lake Gold Line station
    Burbank Boulevard, Ventura Freeway
  • Service is provided in both directions during peak hours.
  • Open-door along the entire route
  • Mission Hills
    Mission Hills, California
    Mission Hills is a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California, a short distance north of Lompoc on Highway 1. The population was 3,576 at the 2010 census, up from 3,142 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...


    Chatsworth Street and Orion Street
    Century City
    Constellation Boulevard and Century Park West
    San Fernando Valley: Balboa Boulevard
    Westwood: Gayley Avenue, Wilshire Boulevard
  • Service is provided in both directions during peak hours.
  • Closed-door along the entire route, except at the Encino Park and Ride.
  • Sylmar Metrolink station
    Sylmar/San Fernando (Metrolink station)
    Sylmar/San Fernando is a Metrolink rail station in the city of San Fernando, California. It is served by Metrolink's Antelope Valley Line from Los Angeles Union Station to Lancaster...

    El Segundo
    El Segundo, California
    El Segundo is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located on the Santa Monica Bay, it was incorporated on January 18, 1917, and is one of the Beach Cities of Los Angeles County and part of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments...


    Space Park Drive and Aviation Boulevard
    San Fernando Valley: Balboa Boulevard, Chatsworth Street
    South Bay: Sepulveda Boulevard, Aviation Boulevard
  • Service operates towards the South Bay in the AM rush and towards Sylmar in the PM rush.
  • Closed-door within the San Fernando Valley and south of Century Boulevard.
  • Downtown LA
    Union Station
    Bunker Hill
    Hope Street and Fourth Street
    Grand Avenue
  • Operates towards Bunker Hill in the AM rush and towards Union Station in the PM rush.
  • Open-door along the entire route


  • On weekends, LADOT also operates the Observatory Shuttle, which provides access for tourists from the Vermont/Sunset rapid transit station
    Vermont/Sunset (LACMTA Station)
    Vermont/Sunset Station is a heavy-rail subway station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It is located at Vermont Avenue and Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, among the East Hollywood neighborhoods of Los Feliz, Silver Lake, and Little Armenia. This station is served by the Red Line...

     to Griffith Observatory
    Griffith Observatory
    Griffith Observatory is in Los Angeles, California, United States. Sitting on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in L.A.'s Griffith Park, it commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin, including downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest...

    .

    Commuter Express services are provided by a variety of suburban vehicles, including Gillig Phantoms, Neoplan Metroliners, and Stewart & Stevenson Apollo T-40s. Also part of the fleet are a small number of CNG powered Orion V coaches.

    LADOT DASH Commuter Express Current Bus fleet

    Make and
    Model
    Picture Year Numbers Engine and
    Transmission
    Fuel Type Notes
    Gillig
    Gillig
    Gillig Corporation, formerly Gillig Bros., is a manufacturer of heavy-duty low-floor transit buses located in Hayward, California. Prior to 1993, Gillig had also been a manufacturer of school buses.-History:...

     Phantom
    85004
    http://www.chaffeeyiu.com/photo/ladot/lx-5490.jpg
    1985 85001-85004
    • Detroit Diesel
      Detroit Diesel
      As a corporation, Daimler Trucks North America has decided to rename the company "DETROIT".Detroit Diesel Corporation is an American-based diesel engine producer headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, USA...

       Series 50
    • Allison
      Allison
      Allison is a family name of English and Scottish origin.When used as a given name it is traditionally masculine, as opposed to the feminine name Alison....

       HT-747
    Diesel
  • Ex-Laidlaw 5489-5491.
  • Repowered from Detroit Diesel
    Detroit Diesel
    As a corporation, Daimler Trucks North America has decided to rename the company "DETROIT".Detroit Diesel Corporation is an American-based diesel engine producer headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, USA...

     6V92TA in 2000.
  • Operated by First Transit (lines 142,431,437,438,448,534,Metrolink Shuttle)
  • Soon to be retired
  • Gillig Phantom 87020
    http://www.chaffeeyiu.com/photo/ladot/lx-14437.jpg
    1987 87001,87003-87005,87007-87028
    • Cummins
      Cummins
      Cummins Inc. is a Fortune 500 corporation that designs, manufactures, distributes and services engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission control and electrical power generation systems...

       ISC
    • Allison HT-747
    Diesel
  • Repowered from Detroit Diesel
    Detroit Diesel
    As a corporation, Daimler Trucks North America has decided to rename the company "DETROIT".Detroit Diesel Corporation is an American-based diesel engine producer headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, USA...

     6V92TA in 2003-2004.
  • 87007-87019,87021,87025 is operated by MV Transportation Inc (lines 422,423,549,573)
  • 87001,87003-87005,87020,87022-87024,87026-87028 is operated by First Tranit (lines 142,431,437,438,448,534,Metrolink Shuttle)
  • Soon to be retired
  • Gillig Phantom http://www.chaffeeyiu.com/photo/ladot/ladot-88005-423.jpg 1988 88001-88010
  • Cummins ISC
  • Allison HT-747
  • Diesel
  • Repowered from Detroit Diesel 6V92TA in 2003-2004
  • 88001-88006 is operated by MV Transportation Inc (lines 422,423,549,573)
  • 88007-88010 is operated by First Tansit (lines 142,431,437,438,448,534,Metrolink Shuttle)
  • 88009 is an Ex-OCTA
    Octa
    Octa may refer to:*Octa, Ohio*Octa of Kent , early king of Kent*Okta, a cloud cover over one eighth of the sky in weather reports*octa, an Infrastructure-as-a-Service portal for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization...

     unit.
  • Soon to be retired
  • Gillig Phantom 1988 88011-88013 Diesel
  • Ex OCTA
    Orange County Transportation Authority
    The Orange County Transportation Authority is the public sector transportation planning body and mass transit service provider for Orange County, California. Its ancestor agencies include not only the prior Orange County Transit District but also such diverse entities as the Pacific Electric...

     4139 & 4143.
  • Operated by First Transit (lines 142,431,437,438,448,534,Metrolink Shuttle)
  • Soon to be retired
  • Gillig
    Gillig
    Gillig Corporation, formerly Gillig Bros., is a manufacturer of heavy-duty low-floor transit buses located in Hayward, California. Prior to 1993, Gillig had also been a manufacturer of school buses.-History:...

     Phantom
    1991 91045
  • Detroit Diesel 6V92TA?
  • Allison HT-748?
  • Diesel
  • Ex-San Diego MTS
    San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
    The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System is the public transit service provider for Central, South, Northeast and Southeast San Diego County, in the United States. MTS operating subsidiaries include the San Diego Trolley, Incorporated , and San Diego Transit Corporation...

     328.
  • Unknown if this bus is in service.
  • operated by First Transit (lines 142,431,437,438,448,534,Metrolink Shuttle)
  • Neoplan AN340/3 92002 1992 92001-92038, 92060-92065
  • Detroit Detroit Diesel Series 60
  • Allison HT-747
  • Diesel
  • Operated by MV Transportation Inc (lines 409,419,422,423,549,573,574)
  • 92060 is an Ex-Antelope Valley Transit Authority
    Antelope Valley Transit Authority
    Antelope Valley Transit Authority is the transit agency serving the cities of Palmdale, Lancaster and Northern Los Angeles County. Antelope Valley Transit Authority is operated under contract by Veolia Transportation, and is affiliated and offers connecting services with Metro and...

  • Re-powered [ originally Detroit Diesel 8V-92 powered]
  • 92061-92062 is an Ex-Santa Clarita Transit
    Santa Clarita Transit
    City of Santa Clarita Transit is administered by the City's transit division serving the City of Santa Clarita, California and nearby surrounding unincorporated areas. Daily operations and maintenance of the fleet are under contract with MV Transportation...

  • Re-powered [ originally Detroit Diesel 8V-92 powered]
  • 92063 is retired.
  • Soon to be retired
  • Stewart and Stevenson Apollo T-40 92058 1992 92039-92044, 92046, 92048, 92050, 92052, 92054-92055, 92057-92058
  • Detroit Diesel Series 50 EGR
  • Allison HT-747
  • Diesel
  • Repowered from Detroit Diesel
    Detroit Diesel
    As a corporation, Daimler Trucks North America has decided to rename the company "DETROIT".Detroit Diesel Corporation is an American-based diesel engine producer headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, USA...

     6V92TA in 2000-2001
  • Operated by First Transit (lines 437,438,534,Metrolink Shuttle)
  • Soon to be retired
  • Gillig Phantom 96401 1994 96401
  • Cummins ISL
  • Allison B400R
  • Diesel
  • Ex- Foothill Transit
    Foothill Transit
    Foothill Transit is a joint powers authority of 21 member cities in the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys. It operates a fixed-route bus public transit service in the San Gabriel Valley of Greater Los Angeles, California.-Overview:...

    .
  • Originally had Detroit Diesel Series 50 engines.
  • Operated by First Transit (lines 142,431,437,438,448,534,Metrolink Shuttle)
  • Gillig Phantom 96002 1996 96001-96005
  • Detroit Diesel Series 50
  • Allison B400R
  • Diesel
  • 96001-96005 are Ex-Veolia Transportation or Hertz airport shuttle units.
  • Opeated by MV Transportation Inc (lines 409,419,422,423,549,573)
  • Orion
    Orion Bus Industries
    Orion International, previously Orion Bus Industries and Ontario Bus Industries in Canada and Bus Industries of America in the United States, is a bus manufacturer based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and established by the Government of Ontario in 1975...

     05.505 CNG
    1996 96501
  • Cummins L10G ?
  • ZF?
  • CNG
    Compressed natural gas
    Compressed natural gas is a fossil fuel substitute for gasoline , diesel, or propane/LPG. Although its combustion does produce greenhouse gases, it is a more environmentally clean alternative to those fuels, and it is much safer than other fuels in the event of a spill...

  • Ex-Sacramento RT
    Sacramento Regional Transit District
    The Sacramento Regional Transit District, commonly referred to as RT, is the agency responsible for public transportation in the Sacramento, California area. It was established on April 1, 1973, as a result of the acquisition of the Sacramento Transit Authority...

     9656
  • Unknown if this bus is in service.
  • possibly operated by First Transit
  • Orion
    Orion Bus Industries
    Orion International, previously Orion Bus Industries and Ontario Bus Industries in Canada and Bus Industries of America in the United States, is a bus manufacturer based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and established by the Government of Ontario in 1975...

     05.505 CNG
    1994 94401
  • ?
  • ?
  • CNG
    Compressed natural gas
    Compressed natural gas is a fossil fuel substitute for gasoline , diesel, or propane/LPG. Although its combustion does produce greenhouse gases, it is a more environmentally clean alternative to those fuels, and it is much safer than other fuels in the event of a spill...

  • operated by MV Transportation inc
  • Neoplan USA AN345/3 024505 2002 024501-024505
  • Detroit Detroit Diesel Series 60G
  • Allison B500R
  • CNG
    Compressed natural gas
    Compressed natural gas is a fossil fuel substitute for gasoline , diesel, or propane/LPG. Although its combustion does produce greenhouse gases, it is a more environmentally clean alternative to those fuels, and it is much safer than other fuels in the event of a spill...

  • Ex-Victor Valley Transit Authority
    Victor Valley Transit Authority
    Victor Valley Transit Authority , the second largest transit operator in San Bernardino County , is a transit agency providing bus service in the Victor Valley, California area.-Origins of the VVTA:...

     4501-4505
  • Operated by First Transit (lines 438, Metrolink Shuttle)
  • Orion V 04403 2004 04400-04403
  • Detroit Detroit Diesel Series 50G
  • Allison B400R
  • CNG
    Compressed natural gas
    Compressed natural gas is a fossil fuel substitute for gasoline , diesel, or propane/LPG. Although its combustion does produce greenhouse gases, it is a more environmentally clean alternative to those fuels, and it is much safer than other fuels in the event of a spill...

  • Operated by First Transit (lines 438, 448, Metrolink Shuttle)

  • On Order/Future fleet

    Make and
    Model
    Picture Year Numbers Engine and
    Transmission
    Fuel Type Notes
    Motor Coach Industries D4000CT 2011-2012 11402-11491?
    • Cummins ISL-G
    • TBA (Transmission)
    CNG
    Compressed natural gas
    Compressed natural gas is a fossil fuel substitute for gasoline , diesel, or propane/LPG. Although its combustion does produce greenhouse gases, it is a more environmentally clean alternative to those fuels, and it is much safer than other fuels in the event of a spill...

  • 95 buses
  • Currently being delivered (?)
  • To begin revenue servce on Monday December 5. http://www.atvn.org/news/2011/11/la-welcomes-new-clean-energy-commuter-buses

  • TBA= To be Announced

    Retired Bus fleet

    Make and
    Model
    Picture Year Numbers Engine and
    Transmission
    Fuel Type Retired Notes
    Neoplan
    Neoplan USA
    Neoplan USA was a major transit bus manufacturing company based in Denver, Colorado, which was entirely separate from the German corporation, Neoplan, licensing its designs from the German company of the same name. The company was founded in 1981 and folded in 2006. It was originally a subsidiary...

     AN440
    http://www.chaffeeyiu.com/photo/ladot/ladot-neoplan.jpg
    http://www.chaffeeyiu.com/photo/ladot/ladot-neoplan-1.jpg
    ? ?
    • ?
    • ?
    Diesel ?
    Neoplan Suburban
    Neoplan USA
    Neoplan USA was a major transit bus manufacturing company based in Denver, Colorado, which was entirely separate from the German corporation, Neoplan, licensing its designs from the German company of the same name. The company was founded in 1981 and folded in 2006. It was originally a subsidiary...

     AN440/3 40'
    http://www.chaffeeyiu.com/photo/ladot/ladot-1188-1.jpg 1987 1128, 1188, ?
  • Detroit Diesel 6V92TA
  • Allison V731
  • Diesel ?
  • Ex-LACMTA
    Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
    The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the California state-chartered regional transportation planning agency and public transportation operating agency for the County of Los Angeles formed in 1993 out of a merger of the Southern California Rapid Transit District and the...

  • Leased between years?
  • TMC
    Transportation Manufacturing Corporation
    Transportation Manufacturing Corporation was a bus manufacturer based in Roswell, New Mexico.The company was formed in 1974 by Greyhound Bus Lines to manufacture Motor Coach Industries vehicles...

     RTS-06 (T80-206)
    1344 1992 1245, 1344, 1375, ?
  • Detroit Diesel
    Detroit Diesel
    As a corporation, Daimler Trucks North America has decided to rename the company "DETROIT".Detroit Diesel Corporation is an American-based diesel engine producer headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, USA...

     6V92TA
  • Allison
    Allison
    Allison is a family name of English and Scottish origin.When used as a given name it is traditionally masculine, as opposed to the feminine name Alison....

     V731
  • Diesel 2010
  • Ex-LACMTA
    Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
    The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the California state-chartered regional transportation planning agency and public transportation operating agency for the County of Los Angeles formed in 1993 out of a merger of the Southern California Rapid Transit District and the...

     same #.
  • 5 units Leased between 2005 til 2010.
  • Gillig
    Gillig
    Gillig Corporation, formerly Gillig Bros., is a manufacturer of heavy-duty low-floor transit buses located in Hayward, California. Prior to 1993, Gillig had also been a manufacturer of school buses.-History:...

     Phantom
    8079 1994 8079
  • Detroit Diesel
    Detroit Diesel
    As a corporation, Daimler Trucks North America has decided to rename the company "DETROIT".Detroit Diesel Corporation is an American-based diesel engine producer headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, USA...

     Series 50
  • ZF Ecomat 4HP-590
    ZF Ecomat
    The ZF Ecomat automotive transmission was specifically designed by ZF Friedrichshafen AG primarily for city-buses and motorcoaches. It has several generations - all of the automatic transmission type, and many variants. The latest variants utilise a lock-up torque converter along with a retarder...

  • Diesel
  • Ex-Denver RTD
    Regional Transportation District
    The Regional Transportation District, or RTD, was organized in 1969 and is the regional authority operating public transit services in eight of the twelve counties in the Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area in Colorado. RTD is governed by a 15-member, publicly elected Board of...

    , leased by LADOT in early 2008.
  • This bus previously operated by Veolia Transportation and later sold to LACMTA
    Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
    The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the California state-chartered regional transportation planning agency and public transportation operating agency for the County of Los Angeles formed in 1993 out of a merger of the Southern California Rapid Transit District and the...

    (another contract to Veolia Transportation) and renumbered as #9980 but retired in 2010.

  • CityRide

    CityRide is a program for individuals in the City of Los Angeles, aged 65 or older and for qualified disabled persons.

    LADOT Cityride Current Bus fleet

    Make and
    Model
    Picture Year Numbers Engine and
    Transmission
    Fuel Type Assigned Divisions Notes
    Ford E350/Aerotech http://www.flickr.com/photos/navymailman/3326837587/ 2003 03101-031?? Diesel opreated by MV Transportation inc
    Ford E350/Aerotech http://www.flickr.com/photos/39569101@N07/5560647074/ 2009 09101-091?? Diesel opreated by MV Transportation inc

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