A 3-day visitor dodges gridlock and explores the city on foot, with the affordable aid of a vast and growing commuter transit system
There are plenty of free and cheap things to do in Los Angeles. As a traveler, the issue is getting to them.
In June, the Regional Connector Transit Project consolidated downtown connections, making it possible to ride east-west between East Los Angeles and Santa Monica, and north-south between Azusa and Long Beach without transferring. Another extension, due in 2024, will link to Los Angeles International Airport, one among nine future stations set to open before the city hosts the 2028 Summer Olympics.
But three days of riding the rails proved them mostly wrong. Not only is the subway well connected to popular sites — from Santa Monica beaches to downtown museums — its trains run frequently. Though my experience was not threatening, the system has struggled with an evident influx of homeless people riding the trains. On several occasions, I rode with Metro ambassadors, employees who travel the system to educate the public and help ensure safety.
On the next block, I took a break in the quiet gardens behind the Walt Disney Concert Hall, a swooping steel landmark by architect Frank Gehry. The starry route passed the 1927 Grauman’s Chinese Theater where I sized up my footprint with Robert De Niro’s among the many celebrity salutes cemented in pavement before its entrance.
Running mostly above ground, the E Line provided a ride-by tour past the University of Southern California campus to Culver City and finally Santa Monica. Recorded announcements identified the attractions near each stop, such as the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and Exposition Park at the Expo Park/USC stop.
The Leimart Park Station, on the Los Angeles Metro’s K Line. The newly expanded Los Angeles subway may not go everywhere, but offers gridlock-free rides for $5 a day.Metro markets the new K Line with posters throughout the system encouraging riders to “Connect to Creativity,” a reference to South Los Angeles communities that have nurtured the likes of artist Kehinde Wiley and actress Issa Rae and to the public art in each station.
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