![]() ![]() Drivers must swipe their TAP card at the kiosk to prove they rode a bus, then pay the parking fee. All others - Metro employees, handicapped drivers, drivers of electric vehicles and motorcyclists - must pay full price. Only registered carpoolers can get a discount. Parking payment kiosks - still wrapped in cardboard and packing tape - stand as reminders of the impending fees. Parking remains free of charge at Metro’s other bus depot, the Harbor Gateway Transit Center in Gardena, which has 900 parking spaces.Įarlier this week, leaflets left on car windshields in the El Monte station’s three parking lots reminded drivers they’ll have to pay soon. ![]() The fees will be new for the rest of the region, too - El Monte is the first station in the LA Metro transit system to charge bus riders to park their cars. The $60 million facility was completely rebuilt five years ago with federal transportation dollars. The new $2-a-day parking fee is a first for the 44-year-old San Gabriel Valley bus station off Santa Anita Avenue - billed as the largest west of Chicago. ![]() Beginning Monday, Metro riders must pay to park at the El Monte Bus Station, and they’ll have to use their TAP cards to do so. ![]()
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