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I'll disagree that LAX is that bad. That's probably written by someone who had to drive there from the Valley along the 405. I live near the beach and LAX is very convenient for me. I can take the #3 Santa Monica Big Blue Bus for $0.75 from my flat to LAX in 20 minutes. You can also take a free bus to the subway and then ride to downtown L.A. from LAX for $1.25 but again, that's going to take you 90 minutes. It's the distances that make it so slow. From LAX and the beaches, downtown is twenty miles (32 km) and heavily trafficked. Theme: Airplane
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Public transport from LAX can be unbearably slow, but at least it's cheap. A free bus runs between the terminals and deposits you at the LAX Transit Center, where you can swap to a city bus. Free shuttles also run to the Metro Green Line Aviation Station, where you can catch a train headed in the direction of Redondo or Norwalk. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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Traveling from LAX to the rest of LA without renting a car sort of has a tiered approach:
1) Taxi cabs: take you anywhere for a price with no prior arrangement. In world terms, LA cabs are about average priced but distances are further.
2) Prearranged limousine services: are actually cheaper for longer distances than cabs since they rent by the hour.
3) Super Shuttle or like service: are generally great deals if you hate public transportation. $15 gets you anywhere in LA reasonably quick. Pre-arranging them helps, but if you travel in a small group, you’ll find one going your way shortly after setting foot on the white zone.
4) Flyaway Busses: big busses which take you to non-stop places like Union Station and Van Nuys fast for a song (6 buck RT). Leave every half-hour to hour. There are also ones which go to other places like Anaheim, Santa Barbara and Bakersfield.
5) MTA, etc.: you need a shuttle bus to the bus terminal or Green Line rail station which might take a while but doesn't cost you anything. From the Green Line to downtown is about 40 minutes and a line switch. There is also an express Big Blue Bus (Santa Monica) which from LAX to Santa Monica on surface streets.
6) Hitch-Hiking: never tried but there are a lot of cars which go through.
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"Jump on FlyAway to Union Station and get on Amtrak.
FlyAway is four bucks each way, goes direct from the airport and is how I travel...and I'm a local. It drops you right at the Amtrak terminal for the ride to San Diego. And, let me tell you, traffic to and from San Diego can be brutal, doubling the travel time...whereas, Amtrak is immune. "
Flyaway bus link at LAX:
http://www.lawa.org/lax/LAXflyAway.cfm
(You want to go to Union Station.)
Amtrak:
http://www.lawa.org/lax/LAXflyAway.cfm
I don't recommend the connection if you're flying in late at night. Downtown is not tourist-friendly. Stay in a hotel near the airport if that's the case. I recommend Custom Hotel in Westchester. It's close, but worlds away. It's located in a small neighborhood commercial district about 3 minutes away by taxi. Quite a different experience from the other airport-adjacent hotels. There are some nice restaurants in the neighborhood. A favorite is Alejo's.
http://www.customhotel.com/
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Berlin, Germany - Los Angeles
Flight Number: LH177
Departure: 08:25 on Tuesday
from Berlin - Tegel, Germany
Arrival: 09:30 on Tuesday
at Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Airline: Deutsche Lufthansa
Aircraft Type: Airbus A321
Flight Number: LH456
Departs: 10:20 on Tuesday
from Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Arrives: 12:45 on Tuesday
at Los Angeles, USA
Airline: Deutsche Lufthansa
Aircraft Type: Boeing 747-400
Total Travel Time: 13:20 Leave a Comment
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Booking sooner than later will save you money. The exception to this is web-fares which are usually published by major U.S. airlines on the Tuesday/Wednesday for the following Saturday/Monday. Check online for those details. JetBlue is generally the cheapeast ticket from New York into Burbank or Long Beach. Burbank is pretty convenient to Hollywood. You can also take a bus to a train to Downtown from there (never done that myself). Long Beach is pretty far out of LA proper, but you can take a bus to the subway and then into downtown L.A. or even Hollywood for about $5, but it'll take almost two hours. That I've done. Theme: Airplane
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Fly to San Francisco and then drive down the coast in an open-top car - the Californian coastline is beautiful.
Car. Car car car. NOBODY walks in LA. Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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I don't know why, but around 2001, the officials of LA decided LAX needed a facelift. And by "facelift" I do mean all the superficial revisions the word implies, and not an overhaul. And it needs an overhaul.
But what we got instead, were the towering letters "LAX," shaped in the same style as the Hollywood sign, strategically placed at the front and back entrances of the airport. Wow, thanks, guys, 'cause, all those years, I'd been driving right past THIS FREAKING HUMONGOUS AIRPORT without the benefit of those three letters.
And we got glowsticks. There are 20-foot, for lack of a better word, glowsticks littering Century Blvd. paving the way to the airport. Why anyone thought it was necessary to treat our airport like a Vegas bordello, I couldn't tell you. Hence the name, for those who watch South Park, Big Gay Al's Big Gay Airport. If you follow the link to the official site, you'll get a sense of this on the main page.
LAX is probably my least favorite thing about LA. I call it the Pit of Hell. It is based on the urban planning of a donut. And the insane driving you always hear about mostly takes place here. When my friends come to LA and need a lift, I beg them to fly into Burbank, and I would rather walk over broken, sun-scorched glass to my destination than fly out of LAX.
If you must use LAX, park at Lot B at 111th and Lacienaga. At $8 a day, it's the cheapest, and with shuttles running every 15 minutes, you'll avoid the worst of the traffic.
On the upside, it has a groovy little restaurant featuring 60s lounge decor. It's easy to spot - it's the white spidery structure in the middle that you probably always thought was a control tower. Nope. Restaurant. Leave a Comment
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If arriving by plane domestically, try to avoid LAX and arrive at Burbank airport instead. It's centrally located to the Hollywood tourist destinations, has less than a third of the traffic congestion, and there is ample parking less than a half mile from the gate! Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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