The LAX Metro Transit Center opens in Los Angeles, offering a strategic link between the Metro and the airport.

It’s a major cog in the mass transit connection to LAX. It is a train station opening on Friday that will be the closest to the airport and soon will connect to a people mover.

In the words of L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, today marks the “beginning of a new era in our city.” And to celebrate the big opening, rides across the entire Metro system—rail lines, buses, Metro Bike Share and rideshare service Metro Micro—are free from Friday through Sunday.