The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) launched a new service area for its LAnow on-demand ride share program in South Los Angeles. The new LAnow South LA service will operate within the area bordered by Figueroa St., Slauson Ave., Long Beach Ave., and Washington Blvd. In keeping with the City’s commitment to clean energy and the requirements of a grant from the California Air Resources (CARB), the new South LA zone will be served by a fully electric fleet of shuttle vans.

The South LA service area includes key neighborhood amenities such as LA Trade-Technical College, USC, Expo Park, the South LA Wetlands, LA Metro’s A and E lines, five neighborhood DASH routes, and multiple schools and libraries. The service will operate Monday through Friday from 6:00 AM until 7:00 PM (excluding holidays). South LA is the second area to utilize the LADOT Transit’s on demand shared ride transportation services. The LAnow concept was originally demonstrated on the Westside serving Palms, Mar Vista, Venice, and Del Rey.

Trips on LAnow South LA must be reserved in advance. Trips are booked on an application available through the App Store or Google Play. Once a trip is reserved, the rider meets the shuttle at a scheduled LAnow South LA pick-up/drop-off point. Within the service area, pick up/drop-off points are never more than a few blocks away.

LADOT received a Sustainable Transportation Equity Project (STEP) grant from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to work within low-income and disadvantaged communities to increase transportation equity using clean transportation services. The grant not only supports the expansion of LAnow into South Los Angeles with clean energy vans, it enables LADOT to offer free fares on LAnow in the South LA service area through 30 June 2026.