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Ridership of the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus is declining. The Big Blue Bus needs to wait at fewer stops to speed up travel time, which would attract more students to use the buses (Daily Bruin file photo)

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Jonathan Friedland: Fewer stops would increase Santa Monica Big Blue Bus ridership - Daily Bruin

Jonathan Friedland: Fewer stops would increase Santa Monica Big Blue Bus ridership

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Taking the bus to Santa Monica from UCLA can take upward of 45 minutes, not including the walk to the Westwood bus stop. When students have the option of saving time while paying slightly more for an UberPool, it’s no wonder Santa Monica Big Blue Bus ridership has dropped 12 percent in the last fiscal year.

https://dailybruin.com/2017/06/01/jonathan-friedland-fewer-stops-would-increase-santa-monica-big-blue-bus-ridership/

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Jonathan Friedland: Fewer stops would increase Santa Monica Big Blue Bus ridership

By Jonathan Friedland

June 1, 2017 9:43 p.m.