By Daily Press staff
Schedules for the Big Blue Bus will be changing soon. To find out more about the changes, attend a Saturday meeting held for the public by the Big Blue Bus.
The meeting will be held at the Ken Edwards Center, located on Fourth Street between Colorado Boulevard and Broadway from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
The following is a brief review of the changes that will go into effect in September: Line 3: This line will have a completely new weekend schedule. Saturday changes include 15-minute frequency from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. between Santa Monica, LAX and the Metro Green Line.
Sunday changes include an earlier start of service from the Metro Green Line and 15-minute frequency from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. between Santa Monica, LAX and the Metro Green Line.
Line 4: The route will be extended to the Santa Monica Civic Center. Line 7: The weekend schedule will be revised to improve on-time performance. Line 12: There will be later service from UCLA to Palms every evening. The daily schedule will be revised to improve on-time performance.
UCLA Ackerman Commuter: The route will be extended to Palms and National Boulevards. There will be a new schedule with expanded hours of service.
On Thursday, Aug. 21, the summer-long Twilight Dance Series free concert at the pier will be the official “Big Blue Bus Birthday Bash,” celebrating 75 years of service in Santa Monica.
The concert features one of the earliest Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame inductees, The Platters! The so-called world’s largest cake also will be offered, made by The Culinary Art Institute of California-Los Angeles.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 6, 2003. Read the original PDF.