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ChineseSanta Monica’s Little Blue Bus
Contributed by Wad on March 7th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
[tags]santa monica, big blue bus, green la girl[/tags]
Siel, the Green L.A. Girl, went to a Big Blue Bus service change meeting and reported the big change coming in June is a network of 5 minibus routes within the city of Santa Monica. The proposed routes are:
- Crosstown Ride: This line will basically replace the current Line 11, except the buses will run more frequently and add evening service. [Note: This change already went into effect.]
- Tide Ride: This line will replace the Tide Shuttle, extending its route in downtown Santa Monica.
- Pico Market Ride and Downtown Market Ride: These lines will run only on Farmers’ Market days, replacing the current Farmers’ Market shuttles.
- Sunset Ride: This new route will serve Santa Monica College, the Arboretum, and some city parks. The route will run from the Santa Monica Airport, down Ocean Park Boulevard, then make a loop via 20th Street, Olympic Boulevard, Stewart Street, and Pico Boulevard.
Interestingly, the routing proposals are not yet on Big Blue Bus’s web site.
There are three more service change meetings, on Thursday, Saturday and next Monday. Click the calendar for times and connecting transit service.
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I was also present at that meeting and there was a lot of interest in late night service on the 10 out of Union Station.
I brought up on behalf of myself and for Southern California Transit Advocates - http://www.socata.net - the possibility of MTA lines 20 and 21 being changed, the 20 truncated at Wilshire and Westwood, and the 21 being eliminated.
The above proposals (among others) will be voted upon at the Metro Westside Sector Governance Council regular meeting on March 14, 5 p.m., at the Beverly Hills Tennis Club, 325 South La Cienega Blvd.
The public hearing on the proposed changes was last month and I presented SOCATA’s position on the above and other proposals at the public hearing.
As I mentioned at the BBB meeting, if the above changes are made, passengers would have to transfer to Big Blue Bus or Culver CityBus and pay a transfer charge where they don’t have to now. Stefanie Negriff, Director of Big Blue Bus, stated to me and the audience that they would not honor MTA passes (regular and day) if the proposed changes are approved by the Governance Council. This does not apply, of course, to the EZ Pass, which I use.
—”Ken” Ruben—
Metro Westside Sector Governance Council Representative
Southern California Transit Advocates