GTrans

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GTrans
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Parent City of Gardena
FoundedJanuary 15, 1940;84 years ago (1940-01-15)
(as Gardena Municipal Bus Lines) [1]
Headquarters1700 West 162nd Street, Gardena, California
Locale Gardena, California
Service type bus service, paratransit
Routes6
Fleet76 buses
Daily ridership8,900 (weekdays, Q4 2023) [2]
Annual ridership2,131,500 (2023) [3]
Fuel type CNG, battery electric
Website ridegtrans.com

GTrans is a municipal transit agency that serves Gardena, California and surrounding Los Angeles County neighbourhoods. It was founded on January 15, 1940, as Gardena Municipal Bus Lines. On the agency's 75th anniversary, the agency was renamed as GTrans. [4] The bus lines complement the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's crosstown routes through the city. [1] In 2023, the system had a ridership of 2,131,500, or about 8,900 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2023.

Contents

As of September 2023, GTrans operates 3 daily routes, 2 school tripper routes, 1 weekday route, and 1 event route. Weekend service is provided on New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.

Routes

As of February 2024, GTrans operates five routes: [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 About Us, GTrans, retrieved 22 July 2015
  2. "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  3. "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  4. jack (2015-02-04). "Gardena Municipal Bus Lines Changes Name to GTrans and Debuts New Electric Bus". SUSTAINABLE RACE. Archived from the original on 2019-11-12. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  5. "Routes & Schedules". GTrans. Retrieved February 26, 2024.