Southern California Rapid Transit District
Defunct public transportation agency in Los Angeles, California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the bus company which operated from 1964 until 1993. For the successor agency, see Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
The Southern California Rapid Transit District (almost always referred to as RTD or rarely as SCRTD) was a public transportation agency established in 1964 to serve the Greater Los Angeles area. It was the successor to the original Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). California State Senator Thomas M. Rees (D-Beverly Hills) sponsored the bill that created the RTD, which was meant to correct some deficiencies of the LAMTA,[2][3][4] and took over all of the bus service operated by MTA on November 5, 1964.[5][6] RTD was merged into the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority in 1993.
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Southern California Rapid Transit District | |
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Overview | |
Locale | Los Angeles |
Transit type | Bus Metro Rail |
Number of lines | 190 Bus routes (1989)[1] 2 Metro Rail (1993) |
Number of stations | 22 Metro Rail (1993) |
Daily ridership | ?? (Weekdays) |
Operation | |
Began operation | November 5, 1964; 59 years ago (1964-11-05) |
Ended operation | April 1, 1993; 31 years ago (1993-04-01) |
Operator(s) | Southern California Rapid Transit District |
Technical | |
System length | Bus – 0 miles (0 km) (1993) Metro Rail – 26.5 miles (42.6 km) (1993) |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge) |
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