By Daily Press staff
Who says you can’t get a free ride? Anyone who rides Line 4 on the Big Blue Bus will be able to travel for free until July 3.
It’s the bus company’s way of breaking the news to users of the MTA’s Line 22 that the service is being canceled as of June 28.
Passengers who ride Line 28 will find Big Blue Bus Line 4 as the best alternative to the discontinued service.
Passengers boarding any Line 4 bus can ride for free anywhere on that route. Transfers to other Big Blue Bus routes will be free. But transfers to other transit systems will still cost 25 cents.
Big Blue Bus Line 4 serves many residential and commercial areas including the VA Hospital, Santa Monica Place and Third Street Promenade, Brentwood and Westside Pavilion. The line operates from 6 a.m. until 10 p.m., sevens days a week. Line 4 traverses Fourth Street, Carlyle Avenue, San Vicente and Sawtelle boulevard, and Pico and Olympic boulevards around the Westside Pavilion.
The Big Blue Bus operates a fleet of 200 vehicles transporting more than 73,000 passengers daily across a 51 square mile service area. Since 1928, the Big Blue Bus has been providing service to Santa Monica and the Los Angles area. This year marks the Big Blue Bus’ 75th anniversary of moving people.
The Big Blue Bus also operates paratransit services and the electric TIDE Shuttle. For more information contact customer service at (310) 451-5444, TDD (310) 395-6024 or www.BigBlueBus.com.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 25, 2003. Read the original PDF.