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# Big Blue changes just a shade
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/big-blue-changes-just-a-shade/
- Published: 2006-06-26T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T18:32:38.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Downtown, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Following some routine monitoring of its routes and their respective ridership, the Big Blue Bus has modified the schedules to four of its buses — Line 1-Santa Monica Boulevard, Line 4-San Vicente Boulevard and Carlyle Avenue, Line 5-Olympic Boulevard and Line 9-Pacific Palisades. The impact of the modifications on overall service levels is estimated at less than 1 percent.

The revised schedules on the four routes, which went into effect this week, is seen as an improved match of resources with travel demand, according to Big Blue staff.

Among the changes for summer 2006: ■ On Line 1 on weekdays, scheduling will allow frequent 15-minute service from UCLA to downtown Santa Monica to be extended until 9:45 p.m. Service between UCLA and Main Street will continue until midnight, every 30 minutes. ■ On Line 4, there will be minor schedule changes due to a more efficient combination of driver work assignments with Line 9\. Service frequency will not be impacted. ■ On Line 5, service leaving Santa Monica after 7 p.m. will end at Pico Boulevard at Beverly Drive. Line 5 service will also go from 30-minute frequency to every 60 minutes after 8 p.m., with the last trip leaving at 9:20 p.m. ■ On Line 9, frequency at certain times of the day will be trimmed from every 30 minutes to hourly, reflecting lower travel demand.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 26, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/062606.pdf?ref=smdp.com)