Originally Posted by
bzcat
The red path is if you want to use Vicksburg (upper level roadway) to cell phone waiting lot - you can exit T7 from the upper level and use the parking garage to reach T1.
The blue path is you want to use Worldway (lower level roadway) to cell phone waiting lot - you can cut across the T7 parking lot to save time.
Either path will take about 10 minutes if you walk fast, 15 minutes if you walk slow. The lower level path is more direct but has more crossings. The upper level is longer but fewer crossings.
The two green X marks the spots that you can get dropped off and walk in to the terminals.
Note that neither are technically legal drop offs - one is located on private property (Hyatt driveway/parking lot) and the other is a bus stop. I've done both and never had a problem but your results may vary. I've also found that you can pull over anywhere on Vicksburg between 96th st and Century Blvd to get out of the car if you do it discretely... don't take a long time, just grab your bags and go. Your Uber driver may not like this idea because I believe this area is geofenced but never hurt to ask them because trust me,
it is faster to walk from Hyatt to T4 than sitting in the car during peak morning hours when all the Uber an Lyft cars are using the upper level.
Of course you can always drop off at the cell phone waiting lot as well and walk across the street to the LAX shuttle stop (green circle) and take the shuttle to the terminal.
I made one mistake following the blue path: I didn't notice I'd failed to cross Sepulveda until I'd walked half way to 96th. My sister had a heck of a time finding the cell lot despite studying the map and using Waze—I'd warned her it was going to be tricky and it definitely was.
I almost asked a traffic cop for directions the first time I passed the corner of World Way and Sepulveda. It wouldn't have helped though; even though you can almost see it from that corner, when I mentioned that to him on my second pass, he had no idea it existed.
All in all, as nice as it was to walk instead of waiting in the awful arrivals area, I'll probably go back to our previous practice next time and just wait for my ride.