Are bus times for the La metro reliable?

I will be going to La and taking the metro from my hotel to LAX. Be will be leaving at 6 am taking the 96 then transferring to the 42 in downtown LA. On trip planner it says we will get to LAX at 8:20. Is this a good estimate? Is the traffic bad at that time of the morning on a Thursday? We have to be at LAX by 9 to catch our flight, and i would hate to be caught in traffic on the bus, so if anyone could tell me how reliable the bus times are in traffic please let me know.|||Yes that time table is correct and it will get you to LAX at that time but why go the long / hard way - there are many options http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d%26amp;source=s鈥?/a> but the best way is Burbank to Union Station http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d%26amp;source=s鈥?/a> then jump on the Flyaway (they leave every 20 minutes) http://www.lawa.org/popup.aspx?id=304



Much safer time wise|||a faster way would be take metrolink to union station


then flyaway


as riding the 42 will take a hour since that's a local bus


plus riding the 96 bus which will also take another hour


since these are local


and then the 42 does not go into the terminal


it stops at the city bus terminal


where you have to change to the Lax parking lot C bus and sometime those


driver leave when they want to


the traffic could be bad if you are traveling on game day since 42 passed the coliseum and sports area


plus constructonon on flower for the expo line could force the bus to make detour|||The times are generally reliable, but they are always subject to traffic delays. If you're allowing 40 minutes extra, plus an hour at the airport, you should be OK.





I also suggest you look into Flyaway from Union Station, if your hotel offers a shuttle or you can get to the Metrolink.