MetroRiderLA

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Today is the last day to try FlyAway free bewteen Union Station and Los Angeles International Airport. The free rides celebrate the service’s first year of operation.

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FlyAway between Union Station and Los Angeles International Airport is free through March 31, in celebration of the bus’s first year of service.

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Blog for us! Credit: LadyMadonna via Flickr

First of all, to all of you who responded to the MetroRiderLA Roll Call: THANKS!

We obviously have a wide variety of MetroRiders and I’m happy to see you all embracing the Public Transit Lifestyle. Make sure to tell your friends about the lifestyle and about MetroRiderLA. The more people we get in on this the better.

You may have noticed I’ve been posting pretty lightly (okay, not at all) this past week. I’ve been busy with work and just haven’t had the time or energy. Luckily Wad has pulled up that slack and made a post nearly every day this week, so thanks for that Wad. On the same note, I also got a number of emails this week from readers with some inside information, news, and other such insights… MetroRider articles essentially. And I thank you guys for that!

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Omnitrans is implementing fare increases today in response to increased expenses and stagnant ridership despite rapid growth in the Inland Empire.

The new fares:
Regular: $1.35
Senior/disabled: $0.55
Regular Day pass: $3.50  (10 for $31.50)
Senior/disabled day pass: $1.60 (10 for $13.50)
Regular 7-day pass: $15
Senior diabled 7-day pass: $7
Student 7-day pass: $10
Regular 31-day pass: $45
Senior/disabled 31-day pass: $22.50
Student 31-day pass: $33

Tags: omnitrans, inland empire, bus

Omnitrans implements service reductions today and fare increases in July in response to increased expenses and stagnant ridership despite rapid growth in the Inland Empire.

The list of lines affected:

1-Reduce Saturday service to every 30 minutes
8-Eliminate service to Citrus Plaza
11-Eliminate 5:53 p.m. northbound trip on Saturday
14L-Discontinue limited-stop service [Huh?]
15-Reduce Sunday service to hourly and eliminate 9:10 p.m. eastbound trip weekdays
19-Reduce Saturday service to hourly and eliminate 10:10 p.m. eastbound trip weekdays
20-Reduce Sunday service to hourly
22-Reduce weekday service to every 30 minutes
28-Reduce service to operate peak hours only
31-Cancel service
62-Start service at Montclair TransCenter and eliminate 5:48 a.m. northbound trip weekdays
68-Cancel Sunday service
75-Eliminate selected trips
90-Discontinue service, but spokesperson Wendy Williams said, “We’re pleased to be improving our Route 90 express service between San Bernardino and Riverside by increasing frequencies to every 30 minutes in response to growing demand.”
Omnilink-Cancel weekend service

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The Transit Coalition holds its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22. It meets at Philippe The Original near Union Station.

RSVP with Bart Reed by calling (818) 367-1661 or via e-mail.

Transit access: Metro Red/Purple and Gold Lines, Rapid lines 740 and 745, express lines in the 400-499 series except 450 and 460, most local and limited-stop services to downtown Los Angeles; all Metrolink trains except Inland Empire/Orange County Line, Amtrak; FlyAway; Foothill Transit Busway lines 480-499 and 699; AVTA Line 785; LADOT DASH Downtown Line D and Lincoln Heights/Chinatown; Santa Clarita Transit lines 794 and 799; Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus Line 10; and Torrance Transit lines 1 and 2.

Yelp has Philippe The Original rated.