The Airport Metro Connector will join several huge rail projects under construction, including a subway to the Westside, another through downtown L. Despite the rise of rail over the last few decades, passenger growth has been slow.
Many hope a connection to the airport could jump-start the effort. It has to get you to where you want to go. Getting to and from LAX has long been a trying and expensive proposition to many, and helped fuel an industry serving travelers, whether it be taxis and ride-hailing or shuttles and luxury black cars. At the airport Monday, many passengers said a rail line could be a game changer. Wood said she has had great experiences using transit and people movers at other major airports, including Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta, and she would be glad to use a similar system in Los Angeles.
Is post-pandemic gridlock inevitable? Transportation officials and drivers are waiting to see traffic and transit patterns altered by the COVID pandemic offer clues to the future of commuting or mark only a temporary change in L. One study of transit access at U. The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission first looked at a study to bring a Metro line to the airport in , officials said Monday.
As the years went on, it became increasingly apparent that L. It now ends abruptly in a sleepy section of Redondo Beach. Many said they would be happy to use public transit if it were a viable option.
Currently, the only way to use transit to get to the airport is to connect to a shuttle bus. They were waiting out the hours on the floor of the airport. Will the riders return? The final leg of the Metro subway that eventually will take riders from downtown L.
The journey into central LA, where Union Station is located, takes between 30 and 50 minutes, depending on traffic and time of day. For novices on LA's metro lines, this may be a safer option — there's always the risk of changing onto the wrong train at 7th Street interchange!
Passengers travelling to Redondo Beach should board the Redondo trains and get off at Redondo to transfer to Redondo Beach trains. Union Station is served via Red Line trains. For more information about the airport trains, please visit the official train line website at www.
Find Airport Transfers. Other Transfer Options. The station quickly became a reflection of the grandeur that is Los Angeles. In the waiting room, travelers stroll to their trains along terracotta tiled floors accented with inlaid marble strips. Walls are clad with both travertine and early models of acoustical tile. Adjacent to the indoor waiting areas are beautiful enclosed garden patios and courtyards. These lush outdoor spaces were planned by landscape architect Tommy Tomson, who chose a selection of colorful and fragrant plants including orange trees, fan palms and espalier magnolias.
Hunger could be satisfied with a visit to the famous Harvey House restaurant, whose interior was designed by architect Mary Colter. Her work skillfully blended Spanish and American Indian design aesthetics with modern influences, to which she added touches of humor and whimsy. In autumn , a new brewpub opened in the space following extensive renovation. With the advent of the interstate highway system and jet craft in the decades following World War II, rail patronage declined in the s and s.
However, growing Amtrak and transit usage has led LAUS to be revitalized, allowing the station to once again serve as a major transportation hub for people from all over America. This newfound viability was due in part to the efforts of the Catellus Development Corporation. Originally developed in as the Santa Fe Pacific Realty Corporation and designed with the intent of handling all non-railroad real estate interests for the Santa Fe Industries and Southern Pacific Company, the company was renamed Catellus in , the same year that it purchased LAUS.
Catellus subsequently embarked on a major renovation of the station and developed two new office towers and an apartment complex on the acre site. The purchase, which included 38 acres and 5. A separate study examined how to better link the station site to surrounding areas through pedestrian and bicycle improvements.
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