LA Metro is proposing a $9B budget, with a focus on homeless services, security officers. Will that bring back riders?
LA Metro has crafted a proposed $9 billion budget with a two-pronged goal: increasing ridership to fit a post-pandemic workforce and adding resources that will shift the perception that its transit system is unsafe to ride.
First, ridership on its seven rail systems is at 58% of the pre-pandemic level, while bus use is at 78% of the pre-pandemic level. As more remote workers return to the workplace, Metro wants to entice motorists with cleaner, more reliable service. “Demand for transit services has changed, especially on weekdays as L.A. County’s traditional employment centers have become less busy due to remote work,” CEO Stephanie Wiggins wrote in her budget letter to the board.
Metro’s budget allocates $2.4 billion to operate its system, a modest 5% or $113 million increase over last year’s budget. It will provide 8.9 million hours of service — 9.6% more than pre-pandemic levels, and for rail, that comes to 27.5% more than pre-pandemic levels. It will increase investment in bus service by 6.6% over last year.– $13.
– The total cost of law enforcement contracts with Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Long Beach Police Department will grow 3.7%, from $169.5 million to $175.8 million., Metro responded. The budget includes a $23.6 million increase over last year to hire 24 more full-time custodians and 50 temporary cleaning workers for the B and D Lines, which run through central L.A. and Hollywood.
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