Los Angeles Relocation Guide - Antevia
Los Angeles Relocation Guide - Antevia
Los Angeles Relocation Guide - Antevia
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Link" and Passport routes, which use mini-buses to shuttle passengers within thedowntown area. The Passport "C" route between the downtown and the Queen Mary, andPassport "A" and "D" buses go East-West along Ocean Boulevard, linking the CatalinaLanding in the west with Belmont Shore in the east. (The Passport "B" has been renamedthe Pine Avenue Link.) A 90-cent fare is required when traveling east of AtlanticAvenue. Another free route, "Village Tour D'art" in the East Village, visits museums andother points of interest.Long Beach Transit also operates the 49-passenger AquaBus water taxi, which stops atthe Aquarium of the Pacific, the Queen Mary, and four other stops; and the 75-passengerAquaLink water taxi, which travels between the Aquarium, the Queen Mary, andAlamitos Bay Landing next to the Long Beach Marina.There is also limited bus service to Orange County through Orange CountyTransportation Authority buses. Route 1, from Long Beach to San Clemente is thelongest bus route in the OCTA system. Traveling along Pacific Coast Highway for mostof the route, it takes 2-2.5 hrs to complete.Torrance Transit buses go from downtown Long Beach to the South Bay. The <strong>Los</strong><strong>Angeles</strong> Department of Transportation (LADOT) has bus service from downtown to SanPedro, and the <strong>Los</strong> <strong>Angeles</strong> County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA)has two regional bus lines that serve downtown Long Beach.Long Beach Municipal Airport serves the Long Beach, South Bay and northern OrangeCounty areas, but is relatively small, considering the area's population. It is the WestCoast hub for JetBlue Airways. It is also the site of a major Boeing (formerly Douglas,then McDonnell Douglas) aircraft production facility, which is the city's largestemployer.Several freeways run through Long Beach, connecting it with the greater <strong>Los</strong> <strong>Angeles</strong>and Orange County areas. The San Diego (405) freeway roughly bisects the city andtakes commuters northwest or southeast to the Golden State (5) freeway. The Long Beach(710) freeway runs north-south, starting at the southern end between the Port of LongBeach and downtown Long Beach, and terminating just past the intersection with SanBernardino (10) freeway on the border between El Sereno neighbor or <strong>Los</strong> <strong>Angeles</strong> andAlhambra. The eastern border of the city is traversed by the San Gabriel River (605)freeway, which joins the 405 at the Long Beach/<strong>Los</strong> Alamitos border. The ArtesiaFreeway California State Route 91 runs east-west near the northern border of LongBeach.California State Route 1 (more commonly known as Pacific Coast Highway or PCH) runsthrough Long Beach. Where it intersects with Lakewood Boulevard (California StateRoute 19) and <strong>Los</strong> Coyotes Diagonal is the "infamous" Long Beach Traffic Circle.