LAist: Late-Night Red Line Service Begins Tomorrow Complimented by Free Downtown DASH

feedthebirds

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:17:42 -0800

hey san francisco are you listening

BradBrauer

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:08:04 -0800

Thrillist has already come up with a proposed red-line bar crawl, for which I created a google map. Good times!

noh

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:15:46 -0800

I went to Golder Gopher last night with a group of friends via Metro, and when we showed the bartender our tickets, he had no idea about the discount. But he gave it to us anyway.

Michael Zampelli

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:17:37 -0800

Why not have the BLUE LINE active too? Let us folks in Long Beach come up and enjoy 6th and Fig with the rest of you!

Kymberleigh

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:51:41 -0800

@thegodofthor: Given the temporary nature of the service, I doubt it will be added to the Metro Trip Planner. The extended service hours will be handled on a "temporary change letter" and the Trip Planner never reflects those, only the regular published timetables. @eric1920: Your comment points out the problem that Southern California Transit Advocates tried to bring to the discussion on this before the Metro Board, and that is that without similarly extending the other rail lines' hours of operation, the Red Line will only connect to the handful of bus lines that operate overnight. This is going to be far less useful than the proponents hope, because someone who (for example) comes from Pasadena via the Gold Line earlier in the evening will find themselves stuck at Union Station on the return trip. Or someone coming from the West Valley via the Orange Line will be stuck either at North Hollywood Station or (if they transfer to the one bus line from there that runs overnight) Van Nuys Blvd. This could have been a great idea, but it was too shortsighted to really be of use to a large number of people. And sadly, if this experiment does not result in a significant use of the service, it will be cited as the proof that the region isn't ready for 24/7 rail service yet. (Which we know is not true.)

jrb

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:50:27 -0800

Should be fun. Of course at Cedd Moses' bars you need the $1 off to be able to afford a drink.

eric1920

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:50:14 -0800

What sux is that it is only Red Line. I live off the Purple :(

damian_z

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:56:46 -0800

This is so freakin' sweet. Yes. Freakin' sweet.

thegodofthor

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:28:08 -0800

Currently the MTA trip planner has no idea that there is a late night Redline Service for Friday Night/Saturday Morning. Anyone think this will be updated?