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September 4, 2008
New Downtown DASH Starts Today
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The city's Department of Transportation (LADOT) begins operation a new DASH bus route that will serve the Central City East area of Downtown. From 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., the new DASH Central City East route will serve Little Tokyo, the Toy District, the Arts District and the Flower District. The new DASH route also offers riders the ability to connect with other DASH routes in Downtown LA (routes A, D and E.)
“This part of Downtown Los Angeles has become a strong economic and cultural center. Bringing DASH service to the area will add to the vitality of Central City East,” Dept. of Transportation head Rita Robinson said in a press statement.
The line replaces the now debunk City Hall dash route. However, it will serve all the original shuttle stops except 2nd and Broadway and 2nd and Spring in addition to the 11 new stops expanding the circuit.
DASH Central City East will offer free rides until Sept. 12 and then will charge 25¢ per boarding.
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I believe the word you're looking for is defunct, not debunk.
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LA has a Toy District? Awesome.
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does it service the Greyhound station? (I know
its somewhere on 7th street?_
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Thanks for reporting on our new DASH Central City East. To clarify the end of the story, it will use one bus from the former City Hall Shuttle service. The other bus has been added to the new DASH Downtown LA Route A which now serves the northern Figueroa Corridor, including the County Health Bldg., Figueroa Plaza, Promenade Towers, Bunker Hill Apts., Figueroa Courtyard and the Marriott Hotel. Riders in that corridor can now ride to the Financial District/City West in one direction and Bunker Hill/Civic Center/Little Tokyo/ Arts District in the other without transferring. Since the new DASH Route A largely duplicates the old City Hall Shuttle, the Shuttle was eliminated.