Senior Transportation:
Transportation Service for participants of the Jack Crippen Senior Center’s Nutrition Program is available Monday through Friday.

Reservations must be made 24 hours in advance. Transportation for Bingo and other special Community and Senior Services Division events are also available.

For reservations, please call 580-2217 Monday through Thursday between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Dial-A-Ride:
The City of El Monte offers a Dial-A-Ride service for seniors (55 years and older) and disabled residents (any age) of El Monte.

This transportation program is a “shared ride” service. The Dial-A-Ride Program operates within the city limits of
El Monte only, with the exception for medical or governmental appointments (within a five-mile radius).

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New Cards:
The city has upgraded the Dial-A-Ride system to a digitally computerized imaging system and is now issuing new digital photo I.D. cards.

Please come into the new Transportation Office at 3629 Cypress Avenue, El Monte, 91731 to update your information and to have your new card made. We urge you to do so as soon as possible since the old blue-style cards will no longer be honored.

Interested in Dial-A-Ride?
To apply for a Dial-A-Ride card, please call the Transportation Office at 580-2217, Monday through Thursday, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. The City of El Monte’s Dial-A-Ride Program is designed to assist our senior and disabled residents with their transportation needs.

Dial-A-Ride Application(English Version)

Dial-A-Ride Application (Versión en Español)

Physician’s Verification for El Monte Dial-A-Ride Eligibility

In-town:
Dial-A-Ride service hours:
Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m
Saturday and Sunday 8:00a.m. to 4:00p.m.

Out-of-town:
Dial-A-Ride service hours:
Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
(24-hour reservation required for out-of-town service).

To register for the City’s Dial-A-Ride Program, please call 580-2217.

To arrange for transportation, please call 307-3224.

For more information about the City's Dial-A-Ride Program, please click here: Dial-A-Ride

Youth Transportation:
Transportation is provided for the City of El Monte’s After-School Sports, Pee-Wee Sports, and Recreation Programs throughout the year.

Bus Pass Sales:
MTA's monthly passes are available at a reduced rate for students (K-12), college, seniors and disabled El Monte Residents.

Foothill's 31-day passes are sold at a reduced fare for students (K-12), seniors and disable El Monte Residents.

EZPasses are sold at a reduces rate to senior and disabled El Monte Residents.

MTA and EZPass monthly passes are available the 25th of each month through the 10th of the following month. Foothill's 31-Day passes are sold throughout the month. Transit Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at our Trolley Station located at
3650 Center Avenue.

To be eligible to purchase a senior, disabled, student or college MTA monthly bus pass you must be an El Monte resident and possess an I.D. card issued by MTA.

Proof of El Monte residency is required. For more information, call 580-2242.

Click here for additional information on El Monte's Bus Pass Program

The “El Monte Commuter Shuttles”:
El Monte Commuter Shuttle operates Monday through Friday during peak commute periods providing connections between the El Monte Metrolink Station and the Flair Park Business District, the Civic Center and the El Monte Bus Station.  The same shuttles will return riders to the El Monte Metrolink Station in the afternoon. 

These shuttles are Metrolink “free transfers” eligible with a valid Metrolink ticket or pass. Non-Metrolink riders must pay .50 cents per ride.

El Monte shuttle buses are clean fuel Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses.

Click here for El Monte Commuter Shuttles and schedules

The “El Monte Transit”:

Previously known “as the El Monte Trolley Company” operates ultra-low floor transit buses on five fixed-routes that provide transportation for residents to most major shopping areas, recreation facilities and most schools within the city.

Fare is only .50 cents per ride. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Saturdays 9:40 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

All buses leave from the Trolley Station located at 3650 Center Avenue approximately every 40 minutes. For information on routes, please call 943-1200.

There will be route changes to several of the routes beginning January 1, 2009.

The YELLOW ROUTE will delete westbound Ramona to northbound Santa Anita and northbound Santa Anita to eastbound Valley Blvd. This will cut the travel time by 10-15 minutes depending on traffic and time of day. Santa Anita and Valley Blvd have heavy traffic delays at peak commute times.

Changes to the ORANGE ROUTE will include eliminating the short route of Ferris from Durfee to Gillman, south to Exline and then back onto Durfee. And also eliminate service to the eastbound turn down Denholm to southbound Parkway. Instead continue south on Durfee to Magnolia turn south to Parkway and continue the route as normal.

The BLUE ROUTE was detoured that was temporarily detoured when Ramona Blvd closed for the ACE project and the new underpass on Ramona, will no longer serve the westbound Bryant Road or southbound Santa Anita.