[admyral]

The buses in LA are awful. They're subject to the same traffic commuters deal with AND also makes stops every couple blocks. The questionable cleanliness and sharing tight quarters with unsavory people is to be expected in a city that doesn't consider mass transit an viable option.

[tomjakubowski]

The major routes have express buses which make fewer stops and carry transponders that give them priority at stoplights. The biggest of them have bus-only lanes (at least during peak hours) for part of their route too.

I used to commute regularly from Palms to Downtown on Venice Boulevard on the 733 and never found getting stuck in traffic to be a major problem.