Drivers in L.A. are getting a 60-day warning period starting Friday related to an enforcement initiative aimed at cracking down on vehicles parking on Metro bus-only lanes and zones.
Metro and the city’s Department of Transportation has implemented the first phase of its joint bus lane enforcement pilot program. Cameras were installed on 50 select buses along lines 720 and 212, servicing Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, respectively.
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Following this initial period of warning and outreach, citations will be issued for bus lane violations.
“Our buses carry hundreds of thousands of people every single day,” Metro Board Chair and L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn said in a statement.
“It’s not fair that a single car blocking a bus lane can hold up a busload of people,” she added. “Those riders deserve to reach their destinations safely and on-time. This new ticketing system is important, and I hope people don’t take the risk, and [instead] move their cars out of the bus lanes.”