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Metro Local is a Bus service in Los Angeles County , operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . This designation was placed to differentiate it from the Metro Rapid service. Metro Local buses cover both local, limited-stop, and shuttle bus services. Metro buses are given route numbers that indicate the type of service offered. There are bus lines that are operated under contract with First Transit , Southland Transit, Transportation Concepts, and Laidlaw , mostly routes operated in the South Bay area. Since December 17, 2006, Metro Local lines 204 and 233 used 60-foot NABI articulated buses. ROUTE NUMBERS
Major Routes Route numbers with street names and limited routes and Metro Rapid routes are in parethesis. Information reflects the June 24, 2007 rescheduling.
Contracted Bus Lines First Transit operated most of the contracted routes until transferring some lines to other contractors. ATE Management and Service operated most of the routes until First Transit took over. Contractor buses are not equipped with SmartBus technology. Until June 2007, most contractor buses had different fareboxes. Farebox changes occurred after a few buses operated by Southland Transit had Metro's previous fareboxes that were not functioning. First Transit First Transit formerly operated some buses that were owned by LACMTA (Flxible Metro and TMC/RTS) until 2001 when First Transit purchased their own fleet of buses. Currently, First Transit operates 40-foot Orion buses and El Dorado National on line 603
Southland Transit Line 256 uses small buses by El Dorado National (12500 series). Lines 266 and 270, both of which were formerly operated by First Transit, uses 40-foot NABI buses (7000 series) and 40-foot RTS buses (2300 series), all of which were owned by LACMTA
Transportation Concepts bus operated by Transportation Concepts on Metro Local 96]] Lines 177, 214, and 218 operates El Dorado/ Ford Econoline 16-passenger buses. Line 177 uses three El Dorado National buses (12500-12502). Line 96 uses Blue Bird buses and sometimes 40-foot Gillig Phantom buses, one of which can be seen in the background of the film Superbad .
MV Transit Laidlaw operates Blue Bird buses, numbered 99--.
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