Your turn to help me –
Metro experts and experienced bus riders: Can you help reader Anna with her travel conundrum?
Recently I decided to try to use public transportation to get to and from LAX. I’m coming from Montrose (north of Glendale), so it requires getting on the 90/91, stopping over near Hill and 4th in downtown, taking the metro from Pershing Square to Union Station, and then the flyaway bus.
The problem I ran into is the transfer point at Pershing Square with some very intimidating-looking people. It could be that it is perfectly ok, but I still did not feel safe transferring at the point, and ended up taking super shuttle back home from LAX.
Is there any information on safer areas as transfer points, i.e. places that would be safe to wait for a bus that only comes by once every half hour?
I just moved to LA 2 years ago so not too familiar which the safer neighborhoods vs. not, and it seems like in LA, the safe vs. unsafe neighborhoods is difficult to figure out. I try to take public transportation and bike when possible, but I don’t want to do it at the expense of my safety and health.
I don’t think I’ve ever waited for a bus around Pershing Square — or tried to go from Montrose to LAX, whether by bus, car, or any other means — because I’ve never been to Montrose. Which is to say my suggestion to Anna would be to try to fly out of Burbank….
But I’m hoping the savvy bus riders out there can give Anna some LAX travel advice too. Name your best transfer point for her in the comments –
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