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Maybe it's gotten better? I did a summer at UCLA a bunch of years back and I remember it took me about 2 hours to get from LAX to UCLA via bus (and the bus dro

Maybe it's gotten better? I did a summer at UCLA a bunch of years back and I remember it took me about 2 hours to get from LAX to UCLA via bus (and the bus dropped me on the far side of campus from where I wanted to be). At the end of the summer I knew someone with a car so I was able to get a ride from the dorm to LAX, door-to-door in something like 20 minutes. I was shocked, I had no idea the airport was that close by. Over the summer I used the bus to get around and it worked well for some destinations (I spent a lot of time in Santa Monica because that was easy) but there were others that just seemed too much of a pain (I wanted to see what Malibu was about but never did). Now as an adult who can afford a rental car I don't think I would consider going car-free for a trip to LA, unless the trip had a narrow focus (e.g. convention at convention center all week).

asdff 5y ago
The only useful way to get to the airport via transit in LA is to take the flyaway bus. They used to have a line servicing UCLA directly before the pandemic but they've since cut most of the routes after the pandemic.
clairity 5y ago
as @asdff noted, the point-to-point flyaway bus to ucla was a great, cheaper alternative, but limited service really hampers its utility. it's no consolation to you, but ucla will be connected to the purple (D) line in a couple years, which will make getting around LA from ucla much easier by public transit. but even more frustrating was the decision not to extend the green (C) line train directly into LAX (due to lobbying by taxi interests and others). rather than even the flyaway, we should have a train line directly from LAX into downtown, a key regional business travel destination. there even was a historical train right-of-way for much (all?) of that route, but it's since been sold and parceled out.
secabeen 5y ago
LA has a very extensive system, it's just slow.

asdff 5y ago

The only useful way to get to the airport via transit in LA is to take the flyaway bus. They used to have a line servicing UCLA directly before the pandemic but they've since cut most of the routes after the pandemic.

clairity 5y ago

as @asdff noted, the point-to-point flyaway bus to ucla was a great, cheaper alternative, but limited service really hampers its utility. it's no consolation to you, but ucla will be connected to the purple (D) line in a couple years, which will make getting around LA from ucla much easier by public transit. but even more frustrating was the decision not to extend the green (C) line train directly into LAX (due to lobbying by taxi interests and others). rather than even the flyaway, we should have a train line directly from LAX into downtown, a key regional business travel destination. there even was a historical train right-of-way for much (all?) of that route, but it's since been sold and parceled out.

secabeen 5y ago

LA has a very extensive system, it's just slow.