For drivers heading into one of California’s most notoriously congested beach corridors this summer, Newport Beach is reviving a familiar solution: free trolley rides up and down the Balboa Peninsula.
The city’s Balboa Peninsula Trolley service returns May 23 and is scheduled to operate weekends through Sept. 7, along with service on the major summer holidays of Memorial Day, Independence Day (observed on July 3) and Labor Day. The system is designed to move beachgoers around the peninsula without forcing them into the notoriously brutal hunt for parking.
“The Balboa Peninsula Trolley is a free service to get you easily moving around the Peninsula without having to pay for parking or worry about finding a place to park,” the city announced…