Blog readers might be interested in comparing the generous program of free Big Blue Bus service offered by Santa Monica College (Any Line – Any Time) with the more restrictive and more costly UCLA program (BruinGo).
Santa Monica College: http://www2.smc.edu/swipe/
UCLA: http://map.ais.ucla.edu/go/1000521
Note that Santa Monica College is about to have its arrangement with the City of Santa Monica renewed:
http://www.smgov.net/departments/council/agendas/2013/20130514/s2013051403-C.htm