At a ceremony earlier this week, Metro officially commenced work on a new bus rapid transit that will connect the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys.

The North Hollywood to Pasadena BRT Line, funded by the half-cent sales tax passed by Los Angeles County voters through Measure M in 2026, will run a roughly 19-mile corridor between the cities of Los Angeles, Burbank, Glendale, and Pasadena parallel to the SR-134 Freeway. The service will offer transfers to the A Line in Pasadena, the G Line busway and B Line subway in North Hollywood, and Metrolink in Burbank.

View of bus-only lanes at Lankershim - Vineland intersection in North HollywoodMetro

Metro has previously estimated that the installation of bus rapid transit service on the corridor will cut end-to-end transit trip times by 30 to 40 percent. The agency estimated that the project would attract upwards of 30,000 daily riders prior to the pandemic.

Dedicated and priority lanes are planned along much of the corridor, including various segments of curb-, side-, and median-running lanes on Vineland Avenue in North Hollywood, Central Avenue and Broadway in Burbank, and Colorado Boulevard through Eagle Rock. 

Even as work gets underway for the project, pushback from at least one city along the corridor remains. Metro is suing Burbank over its refusal to issue construction permits for the project.

Groundbreaking for the North Hollywood - Pasadena bus rapid transit lineGary Leonard

Completion expected by the end of 2027, in advance of the 2028 Olympics.

The project is funded by $317 million in Measure M and SB1 revenue.

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