Originally Posted by
SoCaltravel
I landed at LAX last night at Terminal 6 at 10:00pm. After getting my luggage, there was a lot of signage in the terminal and by baggage claim stating that you had to take a shuttle to the new lot. Went to the pick up point and waited … one shuttle completely empty goes by without stopping; another appeared to be fully loaded also goes by. Finally a half filled shuttle picks us up and proceeds to the lot. ....
The ones you saw zip by are ones designated for other terminals. Each shuttle bus makes a maximum of one additional stop, so there's dedicated buses for each terminal group: T1/T2, T3/T4, TBIT, T5/T6, T7/T8. Granted, I doubt that the buses have signs indicating which terminals they serve, so it certainly doesn't make anyone feel better when they're off a flight and just want to get to their destination.
The FlyAway buses are great, and may reduce hassle of the LAX-it lot at peak hours:
https://www.flylax.com/en/flyaway-bus
LAWA issued the following press releases, acknowledging both their successes and failures.
Press release #1 (Oct. 31) highlights:
- 31,783 vehicles removed from Central Terminal Area through two days
- Arriving passengers on Tuesday between 6-10 PM: wait times of 45+ minutes
- Arriving passengers on Wednesday from morning until late afternoon: less than 15 minutes.
- Arriving passengers on Wednesday between 8 PM-Midnight: wait times of 45+ minutes
- During peak hours of 7-10 PM, plan for extra time waiting for a ride
- Buses weren't working properly on the Tuesday (delays, full buses, long waits)
- Fixes made after it opened:
- Improved/additional signage in Central Terminal Area
- Lane striping changes in certain areas
- Changes to traffic patterns
- Deploying additional traffic officers
- Additional communication about the first-come, first-served system
- Ride app providers working more closely with drivers to train them on the PIN system.
- Fixes for now and the future:
- Roadway shifts to reduce bottlenecks (pilot program)
- Bolder signage for LAX-it shuttle stops
- Adding and redeploying staff to help passengers
- Additional informational signage within the terminals
- Adding video messages to LAX-it shuttles
- Adding more staff
- Adding 15-second extensions to traffic lights on Century Blvd. and Avion Dr.
Press release #2 (Nov. 1) highlights:
- Average wait time on Wednesday for buses from terminal was 2 minutes
- Adding more bus shuttles (from 29 to 35 buses)
- Will dynamically re-route bus shuttles to account for passenger demand
- Removed 14,795 cars daily (15.3% reduction overall)
- Upper level vehicle speed improved by 34%
- Lower level vehicle speed improved by 6%
- Weekend will likely mean longer wait times due to larger number of travelers.