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Now that the average price for regular unleaded gas in L.A. is nearing $4.07 a gallon, Metro's Gold Line is surging with customers. A record 22,231 boardings was reported for the month of March says the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. Not only that, Metro's rail ridership has increased 5%.
Still, the Gold Line beats all the other lines and is beginning to look like the San Fernando Valley Red Line station parking lots, which fill up early in the morning. "I can't find any parking at all anymore when I come at 11 a.m.," a commuter told the paper about the Sierra Madre station's parking lot. By 9 a.m. yesterday, it was filled to capacity.
If gas hits $5 per gallon, that will equal out to a Metro day pass, which allows complete access to the system all day long, except for the few bogus anomalies that are "zone charges."
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I605 & Imperial Green Line station in Norwalk parking lot was full a year ago by 7:30a. Nowadays, it's full by 7a for sure Tues-Thurs. Usually ridership on Green from this station is lighter on Mondays and Fridays, I've noticed. I wrote Metro requesting they get more parking. They repainted the lot at the end of 2007 to squeeze in more parking, but I know for a fact they'd have way more riders if they had more parking in this lot.
Where are there zone charges on any part of the Metro system? I've never encountered them.
You rarely encounter them, but usually do when you have no more money left thinking the day pass will get you everywhere. They exist along the 110 Freeway between San Pedro and northward. Post coming soon.