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# Rubin in cruise control at 62
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/rubin-in-cruise-control-at-62/
- Published: 2005-12-10T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T08:17:00.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Promenade, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

“Jerry Rubin’s Big Blue Bus Birthday Bash” will take place Sunday, Dec. 11, the day Rubin, a longtime Santa Monica resident, activist and Big Blue Bus rider, turns 62\. Rubin said he would like his birthday — when he will finally get his Big Blue Bus senior citizen discount card — to be a time to encourage even more people, particularly seniors, to use the bus and Tide shuttle service provided by the award-winning Santa Monica Big Blue Bus.

The free-to-the-public birthday bash and highlighted cake cutting ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. at 1457 Third Street Promenade at the dinosaur fountain area across from the Broadway Deli.

Speakers at the birthday event will include Big Blue Bus administrators and drivers; Santa Monica elected officials; environmental group leaders; and Santa Monica bus-riding residents.

The specially-decorated cake is being provided courtesy of the Broadway Deli. Rubin, who has never had a car, and is a staunch environmental and alternative transportation advocate, urges people to try to drive a little bit less and take the bus a little bit more.

For further information, call the Alliance for Survival at (310) 399-1000.

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Rubin, who is turning 62, is ready to roll with his senior discount card from Big Blue. (Photo: Photo courtesy Jerry)

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Rubin, who is turning 62, is ready to roll with his senior discount card from Big Blue. (Photo: Photo courtesy Jerry)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/2026/10/121005-05_03.jpg)

Rubin, who is turning 62, is ready to roll with his senior discount card from Big Blue. (Photo: Photo courtesy Jerry)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 10, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/121005.pdf?ref=smdp.com)