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Guide to
Ground
Transpo r tation
at L AX
Transportation services in and
around Los Angeles International
Airport — with an emphasis on
environmentally
friendly carriers
Clearing the Air at LAX How to Use this Guide AFV Vocabulary
Many people know that the Los Angeles area has 1. Use the map of the greater LA area • AFV (Alternative Fuel Vehicle) A vehicle
suffered from poor air quality for several decades. to find your local destination. using any power source (except gasoline)
The smog – a haze of pollution that sometimes which produces low or no polluting emissions
2. Refer to the chart to find the carrier(s)
hangs over the region – is most often associated • CNG (Compressed Natural Gas), LNG
that travels nearest your destination.
with passenger vehicle traffic. (Liquified Natural Gas) Used as a
3. Using the inset map of LAX, locate replacement fuel for gasoline in modified
LAX ranks 4th worldwide for passenger traffic,
the area of the terminal where you internal combustion engines
serving over 60 million passengers annually. With
can meet that carrier.
2.1 million tons of air freight coming through • EV (Electric Vehicle) A vehicle using an
AFVs can reduce
each year, LAX is 2nd worldwide in tons of air cargo 40% of the pollution electric motor powered by rechargeable
handled. Almost half of LAX emissions come from currently generated batteries
by airport vehicle
aircraft and aircraft–related operations; the rest traffic. • TLEV (Transitional Low Emissions Vehicle),
come from commercial and private vehicles. Using LEV (Low Emissions Vehicle), and ULEV
Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFVs) at LAX can make (Ultra Low Emissions Vehicle) Gasoline
a big impact on air quality in the greater LA area. or other fuel-powered vehicles,
each with lower levels of
Back on the Ground smog-forming hydro-
There are a number of transportation choices
By the end of 1999 commercial transportation
, carbon and/or
you can make to help reduce air pollution at
services will be required to convert at least 50% nitrogen oxide
LAX and improve air quality in the greater LA
of their fleet to AFVs. Two years after that, their emissions.
area. Whenever you travel, look for vehicles
entire fleet must be either LEV or ULEV. Meanwhile,
that say CNG, LNG, Electric, Propane or
in an effort to reduce emissions, LAX provides
Methanol powered, and tell your travel agent
free parking and charging for electric vehicles as
that you prefer AFVs.
incentives for businesses and travelers.
With private
Produced by the
automobiles constituting Environmental Protection Agency
over 70% of inbound LAX 75 Hawthorne Street
traffic, using an AFV means San Francisco, CA 94105
Liquid natural gas cleaner air for the www.epa.gov/region09
burns up to 97% cleaner whole region.
than gasoline or
diesel fuel.
Printed on Recycled Paper June 1998
Vehicle/ Service Time and
Service Provider Fuel Cost Area Frequency
Bus LNG Free LAX parking lots 24 hours daily
L.A. Dept. of Airports and terminals every 7 to 10 minutes
(310) 646-5252
Detailed maps
of all bus routes are
available through the MTA
Light Rail Electric $1.35 one way, see map Monday – Friday: and at all bus station
(via free $.25 transfer fee 4 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. Information Centers.
MTA shuttle) every 7 to 12 minutes
www.mta.net
Metro Green Line Senior/disabled Saturday – Sunday:
(via LAXShuttle ) $.45 one way, 4 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
(800) COMMUTE $.10 transfer fee every 15 to 20 minutes
Children under 5
561
ride free
Cash, MTA pass 220
Metro Bus Natural Gas (same as above) All of greater 4 a.m. to 11 p.m.
(via free and Methanol L.A. area frequency varies 439
LAXShuttle )
(800) COMMUTE
www.mta.net
439
Door-To-Door CNG Varies by zip code All of greater 24 hours daily 42
Shuttles from $8 to $40+ L.A. area or scheduled
Super Shuttle (50% of vans) Cash, credit card
111 111
(800) 554-3146 220 315
Prime Time (30% of vans) 117 315
(800) 733-8267 120
Electric Car LAX offers free parking and charging for electric vehicles. Ten spaces are available
in Parking Structure One and two spaces are available in remote Parking Lot C.
439
LAX plans to offer 20 additional spaces in the proposed Parking Structure Six.
Car Rental If your car rental agency does not yet have an AFV available, ask for a car with
lower emissions, such as LEV, TLEV, or ULEV.
Metro
Bus Center
Bus Routes
42 to Downtown L.A. 120 to Willowbrook 439 to Downtown L.A. (North)
111 to Whittier 220 to West Hollywood 439 to Torrance (South)
117 to Downey 315 to Norwalk 561 to San Fernando/Sylmar
Light Rail Routes
Metro Blue Line Metro Red Line Metro Green Line
Metro Blue Line Metro Red Line
(under construction) (under construction)
Additional information on ground transportation is available at QuickAid computer kiosks throughout
LAX and at www.QuickAid.com.
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