Long Beach Transit will offer free bus rides on New Year’s Eve, starting at 5 p.m. Saturday and running as late as 2:35 a.m. Sunday.

The promotion encourages community revelers to make responsible plans for traveling to and from festivities in Long Beach, including New Year’s Eve celebrations at Rainbow Harbor and the street party on Pine Avenue. Most bus routes’ final departure time from the Transit Gallery on First Street between Long Beach Boulevard and Pine Avenue will be 2:35 a.m. Some bus routes during the extended service hours will be shortened, so customers are encouraged to plan their trip early by calling LBT at 562-591-2301.

The Auto Club of Southern California is also offering its free Tipsy Tow service. A person who has been drinking can call 1-800-400-4AAA and ask for a tow. A service truck will arrive and take the person – no passengers allowed – and their car home free for the first seven miles. The service is available from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. on New Year’s.

For revelers traveling between Los Angeles and Long Beach, the LA Metro Blue Line will also be free on New Year’s Eve from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. The Downtown Long Beach station will be closed from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. Instead, downtown partyers should use the nearby stations at First Street and Long Beach Boulevard or the Pacific Avenue Station on Pacific at Fourth Street.