Referrals & Resources

Access is the service name of the ADA Complementary Paratransit service for functionally disabled individuals in Los Angeles County.

Residents must obtain either a TAPS Identification Card or an Access Paratransit Card prior to purchasing the bus pass and taxi vouchers. The City does not provide TAPS Cards. The City subsidizes bus passes for seniors/disabled, high school and college/vocational students for Hermosa Beach residents. Senior citizens 62 years of age or older and disabled persons of any age may purchase the taxi vouchers.

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is unique among the nation’s transportation agencies. It serves as transportation planner and coordinator, designer, builder and operator for one of the country’s largest, most populous counties.

Shared curb to curb bus services for Manhattan Beach residents who are 55+ or any age and disabled. Provides transportation to any destination within Manhattan Beach, 7 days a week, and to most medical facilities in Torrance, Redondo Beach, and Hermosa Beach, Monday through Friday. Also makes special trips to various shopping destinations outside of Manhattan Beach on select designated days of the week.

The WAVE is a Senior and Disabled curb-to-curb paratransit service operating through a cooperative partnership between the City of Redondo Beach and the City of Hermosa Beach. The WAVE provides convenient, inexpensive shared-ride transportation to destinations within Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach and designated satellite facilities in adjacent communities of Manhattan Beach and Torrance.