[The Transit Advocate]
Public Transit Policy, Analysis, Advocacy and Education
Newsletter of the Southern California Transit Advocates
Vol 10, No. 12, December 2002
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Transit Updates December 2002SO.CA.TA
Effective December 15, MTA will make the following service changes:
  • Two new Rapid Bus Lines. #745 will run along Broadway between Downtown LA and the Harbor Fwy Green Line station. Stops will be made at Union Station (Patsouras Plaza), Cesar Chavez, Temple, 3rd, 5th, 8th, Pico, Washington, Jefferson, MLK, Vernon, Slauson, Florence, Manchester, and Century.

    #754 will operate the length of Vermont between Sunset and the Metro Green Line, stopping at Santa Monica, Melrose, Beverly, 3rd, Wilshire, Olympic, Pico, Washington, Jefferson, MLK, Vernon, Slauson, Florence, Manchester and Century.

    These two new routes will replace Limiteds #345 and #354, respectively. Also, these two lines will be fare-free on Dec 15 and 16.

  • Three new Limited Stop lines, all weekday peak: #370 on Garvey between LA and El Monte; #380 over the route of #180 between Hollywood and Pasadena, and #381 on Figueroa between Century Bl. and York Ave. Also, #333 on Venice Bl. will now run on Saturdays as well.

  • Additional late night service will be added to #166, #243 and #460

  • Ventura Bl. Rapid Bus #750 will stop at De Soto.

  •  #76 will be rerouted downtown to connect with the future Metro Gold Line station in Chinatown

  •  #439 will be rerouted to serve the Howard Hughes shopping center in Westchester (Culver City #6 already stops here).
Service on #426 between East Hollywood and Wilshire/Western will be reduced, due to a drop in ridership.

Foothill Transit has long used the Eastland Shopping Center parking lot as a park-and-ride. This might change, as Eastland is expanding. While Foothill and the city of West Covina are negotiating with Eastland to keep a few spaces available, Foothill is also promoting other park-and-ride facilities (The Lakes, Fairplex, etc.)

Member Ken Ruben informs us Culver CityBus has painted its bus #7085 in a holiday color scheme. It is in the standard forest green paint but with the message Happy Holidays above the windows and various decorations on the back and sides. Meanwhile Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus has repainted its former "candy-cane" bus. It is now gold that reads "Love & Peace".

Riverside Transit Agency (RTA) offers special shopper trolley service in Lake Elsinore Dec. 7, 14 and 21 and in Corona/Norco Dec. 14, 15, 21, 22.

RTA will offer free rides beginning at 6 p.m. until the end of service on its 37 regular fixed route buses on New Year's Eve. MTA will again offer free rides beginning at 9 p.m. on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. Riding will be free on Metrorail (Red Line, Blue Line, Green Line) until service ends and on Metrobus until 5 a.m. the following morning.

Reminder: DowneyLINK operates on the Saturdays between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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