The National Park Service is
providing a new shuttle program called ParkLINK that will
take riders to the beach and
other stops in the Santa Monica
Mountains National Recreation
Area, including Malibu
Creek State Park.
The charge is $1 for
each ride or $5 for a day
pass.
Officials say riders will
enjoy spectacular vistas
while riding in comfort.
They also can take advantage of the shuttle service
to go to the beach without
searching for parking
spaces, and can hike or
bike one way on the Backbone
Trail and be shuttled back to their
vehicles.
“These shuttles are first class
with seat belts, air conditioning—
it’s really a state-of-the-art public transportation system,” said
Robert Yalda, Calabasas Transportation/Intergovernmental Relations Director.
ParkLINK will stop at Backbone Trail, Corral Canyon,
Malibu Creek, Malibu Lagoon,
Malibu Village (Cross Creek),
Paramount Ranch, Peter Strauss
Ranch, Solstice Canyon, Tapia
Park, Zuma and Westward Beach.
The shuttle also has a stop at
ttle service Zuma Beach in Malibu where resi
dents can transfer to the Calabasas
and Agoura hills beach buses.
“We envision a system that
will maximize the recreation and
enjoyment and at the same time
reduce traffic congestion,”
said Woddy Smeck, Santa
Monica Mountains Na
tional Recreation Area su
pervisor.
The buses will operate
from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m.
through October.
For more information
about Parklink, a map of the
shuttle route and the schedule, go to www.nps.gov/
samo/shuttle/.
The recreation area is the
world’s largest urban natural park
with approximately 153,000 acres
of mountains, canyons, meadows
oceanscapes.
—Michael Picarella
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