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# Letter: Readers split over Big Blue Bus service and pedestrian safety
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/091507-story-20070915-5/
- Published: 2007-09-15T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:53:08.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Promenade, #archive-import

“THIS IS MY MESSAGE REGARDING THE Big Blue Bus — it is the best company in America. They have been the best bus company many times. We are lucky to have the Big Blue Bus in Santa Monica. They do a great deal to promote public safety and have a good scheduling policy and their personnel are all polite and very knowledgeable and experienced. With any company, there is always some accidents and some scheduling difficulties, but the Big Blue Bus always does everything they can for a very reasonable price. We would be in bad shape if we didn’t have the Big Blue Bus serving Santa Monica.” “THE BLUE BUSES ARE VERY, VERY terrible. They don’t allow you to cross the street. They blow the horn at you. They almost run you over when you’re in a crosswalk. They speed. They cut in front of you. They do many things, especially on the promenade. You have to be very careful. These buses come at 30, 40, 50 miles an hour. People have signs to cross the street. It’s terrible. They’re gonna kill more people. The police have to do something about it.”

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 15, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/091507.pdf?ref=smdp.com)