{"id":255786,"date":"2026-06-04T22:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T22:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/255786\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T22:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T22:41:12","slug":"wave-rider-electric-shuttle-launches-in-manhattan-beach-daily-breeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/255786\/","title":{"rendered":"Wave Rider electric shuttle launches in Manhattan Beach \u2013 Daily Breeze"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ride the wave in Manhattan Beach.<\/p>\n

The city has launched a new on-demand electric ride service, officials announced this week.<\/p>\n

The Wave Rider, an all-electric, app-based shuttle for local trips, began on Thursday, June 4. The non-traditional shuttle has no fixed routes, stops or schedules, and instead is an app-based, Uber-like rideshare for local destinations.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a pilot program with Circuit Transit, running for six months until the City Council decides whether to extend it.<\/p>\n

\"Manhattan<\/p>\n

Manhattan Beach launched its on-demand electric ride service, the Wave Rider, on Thursday, June 4, 2026. The non-traditional shuttle has no fixed routes, stops or schedules, and instead is an app based, Uber-like rideshare for local destinations. (Courtesy City of Manhattan Beach)\n<\/p>\n

\"Manhattan<\/p>\n

Manhattan Beach launched its on-demand electric ride service, the Wave Rider, on Thursday, June 4, 2026. The non-traditional shuttle has no fixed routes, stops or schedules, and instead is an app based, Uber-like rideshare for local destinations. (Courtesy City of Manhattan Beach)\n<\/p>\n

\"Manhattan<\/p>\n

Manhattan Beach launched its on-demand electric ride service, the Wave Rider, on Thursday, June 4, 2026. The non-traditional shuttle has no fixed routes, stops or schedules, and instead is an app based, Uber-like rideshare for local destinations. (Courtesy City of Manhattan Beach)\n<\/p>\n

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Manhattan Beach launched its on-demand electric ride service, the Wave Rider, on Thursday, June 4, 2026. The non-traditional shuttle has no fixed routes, stops or schedules, and instead is an app based, Uber-like rideshare for local destinations. (Courtesy City of Manhattan Beach)\n<\/p>\n

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Rides cost $5 \u2014 but $2.50 for adults 55 and older \u2014 to and from anywhere in Manhattan Beach.<\/p>\n

The City Council approved the micro-transit program in April to provide a technology-enabled, on-demand public transportation service using small multi-passenger electric shuttles.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s from your home to where you want to go and back again,\u201d according to city traffic engineer Erik Zandvliet. \u201cThere are shorter wait times, it\u2019s app-based \u2014 similar to Uber and Lyft \u2014 and it\u2019s less expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n

To schedule a ride, use the Circuit smartphone app when in Manhattan Beach, enter a destination anywhere in the city and wait for a driver. The flat $5 per-person fare covers the entire ride from point to point.<\/p>\n

With a fleet of five electric vehicles, the ride service runs from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays; from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; and from noon to 8 p.m. on Sundays.<\/p>\n

Two neighborhood electric vehicles will cover denser commercial areas west of Sepulveda Boulevard, with two sedans providing broader citywide coverage and one wheelchair-accessible van.<\/p>\n

Rides must be within Manhattan Beach\u2019s city limits, except for the Metro K Line Douglas Station in El Segundo.<\/p>\n

Throughout the pilot program, Circuit Transit will provide the city with real-time ridership data, tracking peak demand times, popular origins and destinations, and rider demographics. That information will inform a staff report to the City Council before the end of the six-month trial period, when council members will decide whether to extend, modify or conclude the program.<\/p>\n

Officials also touted it being rolled out ahead of the FIFA World Cup, which will take place from June 11 to July 19. The city, according to a press release, anticipates the system being a key local transportation method among those crowds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ride the wave in Manhattan Beach. The city has launched a new on-demand electric ride service, officials announced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[9965,2136,267,9966,75,9967,84,83,9,24,63,8018,32476,142],"class_list":["post-255786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-beach-cities","tag-california","tag-local-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-beach","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-roads","tag-tbr-manhattan-beach","tag-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}