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Here’s some links to some recent Metro news stories that you all should be aware of:

• The Daily News 6/12/06: Burbank Bus ridership leaps
• LA Downtown News 6/12/06: Final Week for Backward Bus Lane
• The Daily News 6/11/06: NoHo rising
• The Daily News 6/10/06: MTA claims decree is met
• Metro Magazine 6/7/06: Los Angeles moves closer to paperless fare system
• Los Angeles Times 6/7/06: MTA Aims to Help Motorists Get Over the Pump - The agency’s ‘Free Yourself’ ad campaign encourages drivers dealing with high gas prices to try public transit

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According to the Daily News, the Orange Line is reaching capacity due to it’s surging popularity as of late. The article states that ridership in May was 22,000 per day, surpassing the expected 5,000 to 7,000 per day initially forecasted by MTA, and exceeding the ridership of the nearly three year old Gold Line light rail. Rising gas prices are cited as a major reason for the stunning increase in ridership. Read the entire article here.

Having ridden the Orange Line for the first time last weekend (I took it from North Hollywood to Warner Center and back), I am a bit curious as to how the MTA gets its ridership numbers for the “bus that acts like a train”.

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According to a recent press release on the MTA website, LA’s metro has won the “America’s Best Tranist Award 2006″ given by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). Metro CEO Roger Snoble says of the award,

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