Los Angeles Transportation Tips by giampiero6

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Getting TO/AROUND: YOU MUST HAVE A CAR IN LOS ANGELES!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT IT. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS PATHETIC AND VIRTUALLY NOT EXISTANT. DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT TRYING TO GET AROUND LA ON BUSES OR A TRAIN. RENT A CAR OR DON'T BOTHER COMING!!!! A CONVERTIBLE IS A REALLY NICE CHOICE EVEN IN WINTER ON A SUNNY DAY IT'S MAGIC.

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Getting TO/AROUND: Public Transit in LA sucks! It is very difficult and long, boring and time consuming to get around LA by public transit. It can take you hours just to do a simple trip from Santa Monica to Hollywood. Forget about the subway except for the most useless of trips. Add to that the fact that the subway can take you for no reason to a connection in a very sketchy part of town where you'll be standing around for an hour, and you'll see why LA is public transits disaster poster child. A trip from Manhattan Beach to Staples Center Arena for example can take you hours and drop you in deserted and threatening spots. Get a car.

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Getting TO/AROUND: Because LA is so large and spread out, getting around LA in Taxi's is very expensive. For the price of a single trip, you could rent a car with insurance for an entire day. Check out VT's car rental links in the top blue bar and get a deal. If you want to upgrade, I highly recommend getting a convertible, it turns a drive into great fun!

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Getting TO/AROUND: When you are going around LA, you will encounter valet parking at many nightclubs, restaurants, and other events. Just drive up leave the keys in the car, take a ticket from the nice attendant and head inside. No parking hassles. Most of the time in the LA, it's well worth the hassles to just drop the car off. On some rare occasions, you can find parking nearby any way and there's no sense parking.

Generally valet parking is $3.50-5.00 plus you pay a tip of a dollar or 2. I have a small unglamorous economy car that I rarely have waxed and polished and is usually covered in layers of dust, so I enjoy driving up and joking with the valet guy, "Can you leave it up front and don't get any fingerprints on the car, I just waxed it."

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Getting TO/AROUND: If you plan on staying in Los Angeles for an extended stay or living here for any period, definitely get yourself a Thomas Guide. The Thomas guide is an indexed map book of every street in Los Angeles. It's organized on pages and is easy to use. It is an indispensable tool that every Angeleno has and uses. Word to the wise. Get one if you're staying for a while. You can buy one in most drug stores etc.

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