All European and many domestic flights use Los Angeles International Airport
- always known as LAX - sixteen miles southwest of downtown. Free 24-hour shuttle
buses (line "C") connect with the LAX Transit Center at Vicksburg Avenue
and 96th Street, where you can pick up local buses . Minibuses such as LAX Chequer
Shuttle, SuperShuttle and Coast Shuttle run all over town, delivering you to your
door. Fares are generally around $20-30 (plus tip), with a journey time of between
30 and 45 minutes. Taxis from the airport are always expensive: around $25 to
downtown and West LA, $30 to Hollywood and as much as $90 to Disneyland.
Public transportation
Hampered by construction scandals and budget cuts, LA's long-anticipated
Metrorail train system was envisioned to cover the whole of Los Angeles County,
but is currently made up of only three lines, each distinguished by color.
Major LA bus routes (MTA)
From downtown to : Burbank Studios #96 Exposition Park #38, #81 Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Glendale #90, #91 Huntington Library #79, #379 LAX #42, #439 Long
Beach #60 Orange County, Knott's Berry Farm, Disneyland #460.
Cycling
Cycling in LA may sound perverse, but there are great coastal bike paths
between Santa Monica and Redondo Beach, and nice routes at the Orange County coastline,
Griffith Park and Pasadena. More disturbingly, the LA River route is only intended
for daring cyclists who don't mind the sight of broken glass, mounds of trash
and grim industrial vistas.
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