Part of South Los Angeles' Florence Avenue now has bright red bus lane markings, designed to improve bus speed and reliability. Metro map of Florence Avenue bus lanes projectIn mid-2022, Metro and the L.A. City Transportation Department (LADOT) announced plans for add new peak-hour bus lanes on Florence Avenue. The Florence bus priority lanes lane will be in effect only at peak traffic hours: weekdays 7-9 a.m. and 4-7 p.m. The current bus lane markings extend about 3,000 feet (the westbound bus lane ends at Makee Avenue, the eastbound lane ends at Compton Avenue). New "bus bike lane" pavement markings on Florence AvenueNew bus lanes on Florence serve Metro and LADOT DASH bus ridersSpeaking of bright red bus lane pavement, below is a photo of a different project 4-5 miles north and west of Florence-Firestone.