Ride free on New Year’s Eve

Don’t drink and drive–time-honored advice, but too often ignored unless you’re hoofing it or have a designated driver at the ready.

This New Year’s Eve, that designated driver just might be wearing a Metro uniform.

Revelers can party to their heart’s content and still get safely and responsibly home without spending a dime. Metro is offering free passage for all passengers, whether they’ve been drinking or not, on its entire public transit system between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day morning.

In addition to regular surface street bus service, the free rides are available on the Orange Line Busway, which traverses the Valley between Warner Center and Universal City, and the Silver Line, a guided busway between the Artesia Transit Center and El Monte Station.

The free service also includes a trio of light-rail systems: the Metro Gold Line, running between Pasadena and East Los Angeles through downtown; the Metro Blue Linebetween downtown Los Angeles and Long Beach; and the Metro Green Line, connecting Norwalk and El Segundo. And those who prefer the subway can hop a free ride on the Red Line from downtown’s Union Station to North Hollywood, or the Purple Line, from Union Station to Western Avenue.

Here are detailed routes, stops and schedules of all the lines. For more specific information, please call (323) GO-METRO (466-3876) Cheers!

Posted 12/29/10