Originally Posted by pdx42
I echo similar sentiments: absolutely NOT! Traffic goes through there at 50-60 miles an hour. There are no sidewalks and barely a median. Then again, if you have a death wish, it's probably worth a stroll.
To be honest, who would ever ask such a question? Is it me, or are these boards starting to slide?
I am the one who started it, I guess. I did receive good information and I now have a strategy for getting to the airport from either of the two Parking Lots, depending on where I'm at on Century / Sepulveda, and I plan to bring my MTA printouts to know which buses stop at the LAX transit center.
I really like LA, but as a frequent traveller, I think the LAX mass transit situation is somewhat rude. In Atlanta and Chicago, I am very accustomed to taking the train right to the airport.
There are a lot of places to go around LAX prior to a redeye flight but it is annoying to constantly pay $10 - $15 in cab fares to go 1 - 3 miles. Given the nice whether (and the traffic problems), I am amazed at how pedestrian unfriendly LA is. Would it really have been that hard to have built a pedestrian-friendly path from Terminal 1 to the Raddisson?
From a larger perspective, maybe threads like this make people think. The roads around LAX are constantly jammed, but it is impossible and life-threateningly dangerous to walk one mile or so. Does that make sense?