In 1974, the El Monte Busway was opened, a bus-only lane (later converted to a high-occupancy vehicle lane). RTD was placed in charge of creating a heavy rail public transportation system for Southern California, and for planning for bus improvements. RTD replaced the major predecessor public agency, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority, and took over eleven other failing bus companies and services in the Southern California region. RTD was created on August 18, 1964, to serve the urbanized Southern California region, including Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County, Orange County, and Riverside County. RTD was merged into the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority in 1993. Rees (D-Beverly Hills) sponsored the bill that created the RTD, which was meant to correct some deficiencies of the LAMTA, and took over all of the bus service operated by MTA on November 5, 1964. It was the successor to the original Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). The Southern California Rapid Transit District (almost always referred to as RTD or rarely as SCRTD) was a public transportation agency established in 1964 to serve the Greater Los Angeles area. Southern California Rapid Transit District RTD logo from 1980 to 1993, designed by Saul Bass
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