Car Free Day on Wilshire: How to get around on Earth Day

Yes, Michael Franti's gonna be performing -- FREE -- on Earth Day, Tues., April 22. And to enjoy the free acoustic set -- as well as all the other fun stuff happening at this Wilshire Center Earth Day Festival -- you'd best de-car.

It's true -- L.A.'s main thoroughfare's going car free for most of Earth Day. Wilshire Blvd. will become a pedestrian walkway -- at least  between Western and Harvard! So -- How to get there:

* Bike! You'll even get free bike valet service from the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition. And you'll be able to join in a couple short bike rides the LACBC will be leading; check the LACBC booth for ride times.

* Bus! The Metro Bus Lines that run down Wilshire -- That's the 20, 720 and 920 -- will be re-routed to 8th Street between Western and Vermont; just get off on Western to enjoy the festivities without traffic or parking hassles. In addition, Metro Lines 18, 66 and 209 will operate via regular routes, but will use alternate layover zones. All three lines will make all regularly scheduled stops except for the stop at Wilshire and Western.

* Rail! Traffic's bound to be messy in the area, but taking the subway will let you avoid the jam altogether. Metro Purple Line subway service will run according to schedule, every 10 to 12 minutes.

Comments

[LAofAnaheim]

They should allow Wilshire to be open to buses. That's car-free!

[jehjeh]

The only thing that this will create is more traffic on side streets with people trying to get around the area. Waste more fuel with cars idling in the heavy traffic created on the side streets. More pollution from the idling cars. Flared tempers from slow moving traffic. And perhaps a little more road rage. As if we don't have enough of that already.