sure TAP users have validated their card by using a wireless handheld unit. TAP is now accepted on a number of different transit systems in Los Angeles County. Buses The extensive bus system operated by LACMTA includes the Metro Local, Metro Rapid, and formerly Metro Express services. Local buses tend to be orange, rapid buses red, and express buses blue. Rapid bus route numbers usually begin with a 7 and express bus numbers begin with 4 and 5. The buses have an estimated 1.3 million boardings on the weekdays. Including other municipal bus operators, Los Angeles County averages 1.7 million bus boardings per weekday, accounting for approximately 5.9% of the 29 million daily trips originating in Los Angeles County. LACMTA has two bus rapid transit lines: the G Line and the J Line. The G Line runs from Warner Center/Woodland Hills to the North Hollywood B Line station, began operations on October 29, 2005 as the Orange Line. For 13 of its stretch (21 km of its 22.5 km stretch), the articulated buses, built by North American Bus Industries and dubbed Metro Liners, operate on bus-only lanes that follow an old railroad right-of-way. Portions of the route parallel Chandler and Victory Boulevards, and Oxnard Street. The J Line runs along Interstate 10 and Interstate 110 between El Monte Station and the Harbor Gateway Transit Center. Foothill Transit also operates a bus rapid transit system called the Silver Streak, which runs from Montclair to Downtown Los Angeles along the El Monte Busway on Interstate 10. Other bus systems: Culver CityBus - green (local) and grey (rapid) Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus Montebello Bus Lines Numerous other municipal bus systems Metro Rail Between its light rail and heavy rail systems, Metro Rail has of rail, averaging 308,653 trips per weekday, and accounting for approximately 1.1% of the 29 million daily trips originating in Los Angeles County. The network includes five above-ground light rail lines (L Line, E Line, A Line, K Line and C Line) and one underground subway with two branches (B Line and D Line). Ranked by daily ridership, the Los Angeles subway ranked as the ninth-busiest rapid transit system in the United States. Ranked by passengers per route mile, however, the system ranks sixth, transporting 8,846 passengers per route mile, more than San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit or the Chicago 'L'. The Los Angeles Metro Rail system connects