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October
31, 2002 |
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MTA
and Orange County Transportation Authority to Mutually Accept MTA will begin
accepting Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) monthly bus passes
on six selected Metro Bus lines beginning Friday, Nov. 1. In return, OCTA
also will begin accepting MTA monthly bus passes on 10 selected OCTA bus
routes that travel from Orange County into downtown Los Angeles. “This is another step
in moving the region closer to providing seamless public transit for our
customers by allowing OCTA pass holders the ability to use selected MTA
services from Los Angeles into Orange County and vice versa,” said MTA
CEO Roger Snoble. MTA Metro Bus lines
that will accept OCTA monthly passes include Line 130 (Artesia Blvd.),
Line 275 (Cerritos/Santa Fe Springs/Whittier/Pico Rivera), Line 362,
Hawaiian Gardens/Cerritos/Norwalk/Los Angeles), Line 460
(Disneyland/Fullerton/Norwalk/Los Angeles Express), Line 471 (Puente Hills
Mall/Brea Mall) and Line 490 (CSU Fullerton/Brea Mall/Cal Poly Pomona/Los
Angeles Express). OCTA bus lines that
will accept MTA monthly passes include OCTA Line 1(Long Beach/San Clemente),
Line 30 (Cerritos/Anaheim), Line 38 (Lakewood/Anaheim Hills), Line 42
(Orange/Hawaiian Gardens/Seal Beach), Line 46 (Orange/Los Alamitos), Line
50 (Long Beach/Orange), Line 60 (Long Beach/Tustin), Line 701 (Huntington
Beach/Los Angeles Express), Line 721 (Fullerton/Los Angeles Express), and
Line 757 (Diamond Bar/Santa Ana Express). “We are excited to be
partnering with MTA by offering our customers a more convenient way to
travel between Orange and Los Angeles counties using a single bus pass,”
said OCTA CEO Art Leahy. MTA and OCTA monthly
passes will be applicable for the base fare only. The holders of these
passes, depending on distance traveled, must pay express fare increments. Monthly passes will not
be honored on bus lines not specified above. For complete route and
schedule information patrons can call 1-800-C-O-M-M-U-T-E or visit MTA’s
web site at www.mta.net
or OCTA web site at www.octa.net. |
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