Santa Monica’s helping you to shop green — or at least to not deal with parking hassles.
Starting tomorrow, 4 Big Blue Buses are becoming Holiday Shoppers’ Shuttles. They’re gonna get decorated like holiday packages, and will transport shoppers to popular shopping destinations in Santa Monica.
And they’re gonna run on biodiesel!
Hours: noon to 8 pm weekdays, and noon to 10 pm on weekends.
Cost: 50 cents a trip.
Frequency: Every 15 mins.
Route: 28 stops along Main Street from Marine Avenue to Wilshire Boulevard, and Ocean Avenue from Marine Avenue to Broadway. (route map here)
The shuttles will operate for a month, until Xmas eve — But Dan Dawson, Big Blue Bus customer relations manager, says if they receive a positive response to the Shoppers’ Shuttle during the holidays, they might make it a permanent service.
Update, 12/5/06: Farmers Market Shuttles — also on biodiesel — are running this holiday season! Route maps here.
I saw it today and was wondering what was going on… thanks for the info!
Comment by Summer — November 25, 2006 @ 10:11 pm
We should try it out for the fun of it :) Do some eco-friendly window shopping –
Comment by Siel — November 28, 2006 @ 1:39 pm