CCA Brokering Deal for Holiday Late Night Rail

For $70,000 the city "gets" to shuttle people for free from Union Station to Dodger Stadium for half a season. For $130,000 the entire city could travel around town without cars to enjoy the holidays with friend; no worrying about gas, parking and most importantly a DUI. I think the later would be money better spent.

I think the city shoots itself in the foot by providing all these "free" services. Imagine, just charge $1 per ride on the Dodger Shuttle, maybe the city will then have a little to spare on extending the Metro by 1 hour or proceeding further with the Broadway Red Car project.

How can we make this a reality? If the Red Line stays open until 3 a.m., the ridership will be there...

Keeping them running late is a great idea. Not so sure about making it free. Doesn't it cost more to use your car (gas and parking) anyway?

I feel that if Metro can set aside some $27 million annually for its free motor vehicle towing service (http://www.metro.net/news_info/facts.htm#P181_2906), then a penumbral slice of that pie used to greater effect—i.e., hauling more people in a fashion that contributes to far fewer private motor vehicles being on the road and thus less money for all those towing vehicles being on standby—would be rather nice. Moreover, and as someone above mentions, perhaps the lat night service could be extended permanently once folk realise that L.A. nightlife could be appreciated beyond 11:30 p.m. Cutting short a burgeoning evening so as to make the last train at midnight is maddening. (Worse is Metro's pushing the Sunset After Hours campaign, which is all about the decrepit 2 line—which usta also have the 1 and 3, remember? Who here has taken the 2 during daylight hours and not been disgusted? After hours the 2 is far worse, especially after waiting an hour or more, which is the line's frequency after midnight.) In any case, the money is there. The problem is Metro's money management.

This is really really good news! There needs to be a lot of aggressive advertising (possibly on the train and in all the stations and around Hollywood) that trains will be running until 3AM on the weekends to get people aware of this. Ignorance can be deadly to nascent transit aspirations.

How can I help make sure this happens, as an LA taxpayer and voter?