LA Metro is offering free bus and train rides to help voters get to the polls for Tuesday's California primary election.
Polls open at 7am and close at 8pm, but free rides will continue until midnight. The 2024 primary elections include votes for the presidential race, California's U.S. Senate and Congressional seats, and numerous local races and measures. Learn more about what's on the ballot in the LA Times voter guide.
In addition to buses and trains, Metro will offer free transportation on Tuesday through its bike share program and Metro Micro, its on-demand ride-sharing service.
The transit agency also offers vote-by-mail drop boxes at nine Metro bus and train stations:
- Union Station (East Portal)
- El Monte Bus Station Line J, many local bus lines (plaza area)
- Harbor Freeway Station Lines C and J (parking and transit area)
- Harbor Gateway Transit Center J Line, many other local lines (transit plaza area)
- Hollywood/Western Station Line B (Red) (mezzanine area)
- North Hollywood Station B Line (Red) (Plaza area outside the portal)
- Norwalk Station C Line (Plaza Area)
- Wilshire/Vermont Station B (red) and D (purple) lines (patio area)
The Metro Board of Directors voted in 2019 to permanently offer free rides on all federal and state election days. “Voting is essential to democracy and Metro encourages all eligible county residents to exercise their constitutional right to vote,” they wrote in a news release. “By offering free rides on Election Day, Metro is doing its part to encourage voter participation and make it easier to travel to and from local polling places.”
