Local transit agencies offering free rides for Election Day

Local transit agencies will be providing free rides and other offerings to make voting easier on Election Day.

LA Metro will provide free rides on all services, including buses, trains, bikes and the Metro Micro program in an effort to support voter turnout.

The free fare initiative, which runs from midnight to 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, is designed to ensure that transportation is not a barrier to voting on Election Day.

Metro’s services will be entirely free, with turnstiles at Metro Rail stations unlocked and fareboxes on buses displaying signage to reflect the no-fare day. Park-and-Ride lots will also be free to use, officials said.

Metro Bike Share will offer free 30-minute rides using the promo code “110524.” Riders can enter the code at any Metro Bike Share kiosk, online or in the app. A credit or debit card is required and additional time beyond 30 minutes costs $1.75 per half hour.

Metro Micro, the agency’s on-demand ride-hailing service, will be providing free rides. Voters can use the promo code Vote24 when requesting a ride in-app or online, or by calling 323-466-3876.

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation is also offering free rides across its entire fleet on Election Day. This includes the DASH and Commuter Express buses, and on-demand services such as LA Now and CityRide, which serves seniors and qualified persons with disabilities.

In addition to LADOT, several other regional transit systems are waiving fares for Election Day, including Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus, Culver City Bus, Long Beach Transit, and Foothill Transit, which serves the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys.

Metrolink’s Arrow service, which connects downtown San Bernardino to the University of Redlands, will offer free rides, while regular fares will remain in place for its standard service and any codeshare connections with the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner.

Vote-by-mail drop-off locations

For those voting early or who don’t want to brave a polling location, LA Metro has installed secure Vote-By-Mail drop boxes at nine major transit locations, including:

• El Monte Transit Center  
• North Hollywood B Line  
• Harbor Gateway Transit Center  
• Los Angeles Union Station
• Harbor Freeway C Line  
• Hollywood/Western B Line  
• Wilshire/Vermont B/D Lines  
• Westlake/MacArthur Park B/D Lines   
• Norwalk C Line 

Ballot boxes will remain open until 8 p.m. on Election Day. A full list of ballot drop-off locations across Los Angeles County can be found here.