LADOT launches new DASH Sylmar Route surpassing 200 miles of DASH service in Los Angeles

A new DASH Route in Sylmar was launched July 31 by the los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT). 

The new route is the latest improvement in LADOT’s major service expansion plan which prioritizes neighborhoods that currently lack robust public transportation infrastructure and have large numbers of no-vehicle households. 

"For too long, lack of transit options has been a barrier to opportunity in too many Los Angeles neighborhoods," said LADOT General Manager Seleta Reynolds. "At LADOT, we're pushing to achieve Universal Basic Mobility through service expansions like our new Sylmar Community DASH and many others to come.” 

The DASH Sylmar route will travel along Hubbard Street between the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station and Mission College. From the college, it will travel on Eldridge Avenue to Sayre Street and along Sayre to Borden where it will turn onto Hubbard at 7th and continue back to the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station.  

Service will operate seven days a week. Buses will run every 15 minutes Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, buses will operate every 30 minutes from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

This is the first of several new routes planned by LADOT as part of a service expansion and improvement plan adopted in 2019. Other changes already implemented include recently introduced changes to DASH Downtown LA Routes D and E; weekend services on all DASH routes; evening service on DASH Downtown routes; new Commuter Express service for Playa Vista and El Segundo; increased benefits for Cityride customers; and the introduction and demonstration on the Westside of an on-demand, shared-ride service called LAnow. 

Future improvements are still underway with other new DASH routes in several areas not currently served as well as more frequent service on existing routes. The remaining improvements will be phased as resources allow through 2024.