By the Daily Press staff
In an effort to beef up the local economy, city officials want to make holiday shopping easier for area residents by offering free bus shuttles around town.
For the first four weekends in December, the Big Blue Bus’ TIDE Shuttle will become the Santa Monica Shopping Shuttle offering free rides every 15 minutes across an extended route in the city’s most popular commercial areas including the Santa Monica Place Mall, 3rd Street Promenade, Montana Avenue and Main Street.
The shopping shuttle will be free beginning at 4 p.m. Fridays through 10 p.m,. Sundays. Here is the schedule: • Friday, Nov. 30-Sunday, Dec. 2 • Friday, Dec. 7-Sunday, Dec. 9 • Friday, Dec. 14-Sunday, Dec. 16 • Friday, Dec. 21-Sunday, Dec. 23 The regular TIDE route serving Ocean Ave. and Main Street will be extended via Fourth Street north to Montana Avenue. The shuttle will stop at all Big Blue Bus stops along Fourth Street and Montana Avenue, up to 15th Street. The TIDE shuttles are the lightest buses in the fleet and run on electricity.
For more information, call (310) 451-5444, or go to bigbluebus.com.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 16, 2001. Read the original PDF.