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[tags]santa monica, big blue bus, green la girl[/tags]

A Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus on Line 10
Credit: Charlie Brewer via Flickr (license)

Siel, the Green L.A. Girl, comes through once again with more news from a recent Big Blue Bus service change meeting.

First, by popular demand, Line 10’s routing is going to be via Eighth Street heading to Union Station and via Ninth Street going to Santa Monica.

Second, the fare restructuring is keeping the 75 cent fares, but both local (now free) and interagency (now a quarter) transfers are going to be 50 cents. Big Blue Bus is introducing a $2.50 local and $3.50 day pass that’s only good locally. This has to be mentioned since a few thousand riders will buy the day pass and get into an argument with a driver on another system over why the pass is not accepted.

Third is the introduction of Blue: The Transit Store. Santa Monica goes overboard in creating an environmentally friendly store, with “… photovoltaic panels, recycled tire floors, strawboard walls, recycled bottle countertops, and curved ceilings for natural lighting.” Like other transit stores in the county, it will have schedules, transit information and sales of various fare media. The store, at Third Street Promenade and Broadway, is slated to open this fall.