Free Metro rides on Election Day

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will offer free rides on all Metro buses, trains, Metro Bike Share and Metro Micro on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4. 

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Metro will not collect fare from 4 a.m. on Nov. 4 to 3 a.m. on Nov. 5.

Additionally, Metro’s Bike Share Program will be providing free 30-minute rides on Election Day. Just select 1-Ride at any Metro Bike Share kiosk,  online or in the Metro Bike Share app and enter the promo code 110425 at checkout to redeem the free ride. A credit or debit card is required. The promo code may be redeemed multiple times throughout the day. Electric Metro Bike fees are waived, and bike rides are just an additional $1.75 for each half hour after the first 30 minutes.

Metro Bike Share has created an interactive map for users to easily locate in-person voting locations and ballot drop boxes for users to pedal to the polls on Election Day, available at https://bikeshare.metro.net/ . Metro encourages customers to share the hashtag #pedaltothepolls along with tagging photos @bikemetro on social media for a chance to be featured on Metro feeds.

Metro Micro

Metro’s on-demand rideshare service Metro Micro will also be providing free rides on Election Day. Metro Micro provides short trips in eight zones across Los Angeles County. Use the coupon code Vote25 when booking your trip on the app, online, or through the call center at 323-GO-METRO (323-466-3876) and press option 5. This coupon code is only valid on Election Day.

Metro has drop boxes strategically placed in public access areas, in clear view of CCTV cameras, and designed to deter tampering.

Stations with Vote-By-Mail Drop Boxes:

·        Union Station (east portal) 

·        El Monte Bus Transit Center (plaza area) 

·        Harbor Gateway Transit Center (transit plaza area) 

·        Harbor Freeway C Line (park and ride area) 

·        Hollywood/Western B Line (plaza area) 

·        North Hollywood B Line (east plaza area) 

·        Norwalk C Line (east plaza area) 

·        Pomona North A Line (west parking lot area)

·        Westlake/MacArthur Park B & D Lines (courtyard area) 

·        Wilshire/Vermont B & D Lines (courtyard area) 

Drop Boxes are available to voters beginning 29 days before and on Election Day and will close at 8 PM on Election Day.

Additionally, Metro headquarters in Union Station will have a voting center on Tuesday, Nov. 4 from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Find your polling place at: www.sos.ca.gov/elections/polling-place