L.A. Metro is providing free bus and practice rides to assist voters get to the polls for Tuesday’s California main election.
Polls open at 7 a.m. and shut at 8 p.m., however the free rides will proceed till midnight. The 2024 main election contains votes for the presidential race, California’s U.S. Senate and congressional seats, and quite a few native races and measures. Be taught extra about what’s on the poll on the L.A. Instances’ voter information.
Along with buses and trains, Metro is providing free transit on Tuesday by means of its bike share program and Metro Micro, its on-demand ride-share service.
The transit company can also be providing Vote-by-Mail drop off bins at 9 Metro bus and practice stations:
- Union Station (East Portal)
- El Monte Bus Station J Line, many native bus traces (plaza space)
- Harbor Freeway Station C and J Strains (park and experience space)
- Harbor Gateway Transit Middle J Line, many different native traces (transit plaza space)
- Hollywood/Western Station B (Purple) Line (mezzanine space)
- North Hollywood Station B (Purple) Line (plaza space outdoors portal)
- Norwalk Station C Line (plaza space)
- Wilshire/Vermont Station B (Purple) and D (Purple) Strains (courtyard space)
Metro’s Board of Administrators voted in 2019 to completely provide free rides on all federal and statewide election days. “Voting is crucial to democracy and Metro encourages all eligible county residents to train their constitutional proper to vote,” they wrote in a press launch. “By providing free rides on Election Day, Metro is doing its half to encourage voter turnout and make it simpler for folks to journey to and from native polling locations.”
