<p>Basically, everyone here agrees that with any form of transportation (car, bus, metro, or on foot), there is no fast way to get to downtown.</p>
<p>A few weeks ago, I went with a few friends to Downtown LA. The freeway was filled with cars and it took us something like 1 1/2 hours to get there. But on the way back, we took Wilshire blvd. and it took us less than an hour to get to UCLA. I suppose it all depends on the time of the day and the day of the week that you go there.</p>
<p>Well yeah. It’s not very far. I’ve gotten to the 405 from downtown on wilshire in 40 minutes (by car) but it was a weekend morning and there wasn’t anyone around. However since it’s an internship it’s likely that the OP will have to get to downtown at peak rush hour times.</p>
<p>I’ve been using tripster to plan out my bus rides
<a href=“http://socaltransport.org/tm_pub_start.php[/url]”>http://socaltransport.org/tm_pub_start.php</a>
anyone use it before and know how accurate the times are?</p>
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Avoid the 405, 10, and 101 during rush hour. Don’t take wilshire. Sunset is a little bit better, but you’ll still get stuck in west hollywood and hollywood. Take valley blvd to cal state la, 10 east is horrible too.</p>
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Ride bicycle on wilshire and take bus until you arrive Normandie/wilshire. It might be faster. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Like most Angelenos, I don’t use public transportation that much but the bus to Noho then red line idea seems pretty good. Commutingwise, As a USC (basically downtown) student who commutes to an internship in Beverly Hills/Century City (basically UCLA), the best East-West surface streets to use when the 405/10 are clogged are San Vicente–Venice Blvd at any time of the day and Olympic in the mornings. San Vicente, in addition to being dramatically traffic free (for some reason I still have het to figure out), is also the only major LA thoroughfare that runs Northwest to UCLA from downtown, and vice versa (SE from UCLA).</p>
<p>Note that San Vicente clogs up around the Fairfax/Olympic interchange, but that’s more because the lights aren’t synchronized as opposed to actual traffic. Also, on these streets during rush hour, be sure to make use of the #3 lanes which are metered parking usually, but open to traffic in the morning and afternoon. For some reason, I notice few people taking advantage of this.</p>
<p>Lastly, Santa Monica doesn’t go downtown to the person who suggested it.</p>
<p>Well, I took the bus (20) to Union Station from Wilshire/Westwood on Thursday afternoon and it took 1hr 45 minutes. On the way back however, this morning, it took 40 minutes. I would maybe bike to Wilshire/Normandie (Red Line) and hop on there- I’m not sure how far that is from UCLA though.</p>
<p>if you bike to wilshire/normandie might as well bike to downtown its almost there</p>
<p>Why doesn’t Los Angeles have a better, unified bus system? :rolleyes:</p>