By Hyun Joo Chung
My name is Hyun Joo Chung and I am a Santa Monica College student. Most Santa Monica College students who do not live on the westside have to take up to three busses to get to school and I do not understand why.
Three busses means a lot of wasted time on the bus. I board the first southbound 754 Rapid on Olympic/Vermont to get to Pico/Vermont to board the 30 or the 31. Then at the Pico/Rimpau station I have to change busses again. Why can’t one bus go from Pico/Vermont to Pico/18th Street, Santa Monica. I don’t understand. Venice Boulevard is run by one MTA bus from east to west. Why is Pico so difficult? I am sick of transferring from the MTA 30 to the Santa Big Blue #7.
Something needs to be done, when the bus is already packed at La Brea/Pico, one of the earlier stops.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 9, 2003. Read the original PDF.