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Metro experienced a 57% decrease in homelessness on its transit system since 2024, marking two straight years of progress, officials announced Monday.<\/p>\n
Metro operates a county-wide bus system and the\u00a0A Line (formerly the Gold Line), the light rail route that runs through Pasadena and connects it to Downtown Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Pomona.<\/p>\n
Data from the 2026 Homeless Count led by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority in January showed a 31% decrease in homelessness on the transit system compared to 2025. This year\u2019s count estimated 395 to 517 unhoused individuals on Metro\u2019s transit system.<\/p>\n
The estimate was lower than the 631 to 684 unhoused people in 2025 and 1,041 to 1,092 unhoused people in 2024. Metro noted the point-in-time count is not an exact census, but estimates are reported as a range to account for statistical margins of error.<\/p>\n
In fiscal year 2025-26, outreach teams connected 354 individuals to permanent housing, Metro reported.<\/p>\n
Metro officials described this year\u2019s results as continued progress, which they say is due to the agency\u2019s integrated public safety model, combining care-based services with coordinated law enforcement and security to improve safety.<\/p>\n
Metro Board Chair and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass noted that during and after the coronavirus pandemic, more unhoused people began using the transit system.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnder the leadership of CEO Stephanie Wiggins and the Metro Board during my first term as Chair, we combined compassionate outreach with enhanced public safety strategies to get people housed with the services they need. These results prove that our approach is working and these efforts must continue,\u201d Bass said in a statement.<\/p>\n
In January, Metro\u2019s Department of Public Safety launched its\u00a0Care-\u00a0Based Services Division, bringing together Metro ambassadors, the Homeless Outreach Management and Engagement program and community intervention specialists under one roof.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis continued decline reflects the dedication of Metro employees and our many partners who work every day to address homelessness with compassion, accountability and coordination,\u201d Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese results show that our model is making a real difference \u2014 for people experiencing homelessness and for the tens of thousands of customers who rely on Metro every day,\u201d Wiggins added.<\/p>\n
The 2026 Homeless Count occurred Jan. 20-22. On the first day of the count, 62 volunteers consisting of outreach workers, Metro employees and riders counted unhoused individuals seen on the rail and busway system in one evening.<\/p>\n
The counting methodology used by Metro is the same as the countywide effort, developed by LAHSA and aligned with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development standards. The Metro-specific results, which focused on stations, rights-of-way and parking lots, were not included in LAHSA\u2019s published regional total but provide an essential look at homelessness on the transit system.<\/p>\n
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