After June’s significant drop in ridership following immigration raids across the Los Angeles region, July’s overall numbers rose slightly, but bus ridership declined further.

The decline from June to July is in keeping with some past years, which have seen dips during summer.

Ridership across Metro’s transit system plunged in June after federal immigration authorities conducted dramatic raids across Los Angeles County, sowing fear among many rail and bus riders.

Last month, the transit agency’s passenger numbers on buses continued to dip, although the reasons are not fully clear.

Ridership on rail crept up roughly 6.5% in July after a decrease of more than 3.7 million boardings across the rail and bus system the month before. Bus ridership accounted for the bulk of the June hit, wit

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