Public Transportation to the Rose Bowl?

[Morrigoon]

So here's the skinny: I'll be at the NYE party in Long Beach, next morning, I need to make my way up to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

I have a couple options:

I can drive up, meet up with my dad somewhere in downtown Burbank, park my car, and ride in with him. (I'm thinking of trying to talk him into the LA Zoo parking lot as a good meeting spot, since Burbank sounds like added difficulty/expense)

or,

I can figure out how to leave my car in Long Beach, take the rail lines up (blue line to gold line, presumably) to either a)the Rose Bowl itself, or b) meeting up with my dad somewhere where he can easily pick me up to make it to the Bowl.

Advice?

[€uroMeinke]

I will eat your bacon

[Morrigoon]

I'm sure there will be pm bacon to consume.

Anyway, I know what hour NA gets up and starts cooking...

[Kevy Baby]

I know the Metro Gold Line (http://metro.net/riding_metro/special_services/rose_bowl.htm) is advertising heavily about their Rose Parade and Rose Bowl coverage.

Why drive? Get to the game on Metro Rail.

January 1
Avoid long walks and the high cost of parking at the Rose Bowl. Take the Metro Gold Line to the Memorial Park station in Pasadena; then take a short walk to the Parsons parking lot and ride a shuttle in comfort past the traffc, right up to the gate. Shuttle service between Parsons and the Rose Bowl will begin at 10am on January 1. Parking is available at Union Station for $6. Check metro.net for the locations of additional park/ride lots near other Metro Rail stations. Or you can find your best connection to the Gold Line using the Trip Planner at metro.net.

Please remember that food, drinks, smoking and flammable products are not permitted on Metro Rail. Due to the large crowds expected to come out for the Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl game, oversize items such as umbrellas, chairs and coolers will not be permitted on the trains that day.I can't find current info, but historically the other lines run on a Sunday schedule (I am sure you know you would need to take the Blue Line to get to Union Station to pick up the Gold Line).

[Kevy Baby]

Anyway, I know what hour NA gets up and starts cooking...But NA doesn't do the bacon :evil:

[CoasterMatt]

All Metro buses/rail lines will run according to Sunday/Holiday schedules on January 1.

[Morrigoon]

Which means what? (bearing in mind I've never used public transportation in this city)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Which means what? (bearing in mind I've never used public transportation in this city)
You can find all the info at metro.net

[alphabassettgrrl]

Drive to Union Station and take the Gold Line from there. The subways are easy to use.

[Alex]

Don't know how well it works, but you might try transit.google.com.

I know "Long Beach to Pasadena" didn't return anything but I don't know the addresses or proxies involved to try and see if results are doable.

(And I'm sure all the info is at metro.net as GD says)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Unfortunately Los Angeles MTA (aka Metro) is not currently participating with transit.google. Metrolink (longer distance commuter trains) is, but the trip 'goon is looking it involves Metro only, so google is no help.

[Not Afraid]

HERE: http://www.metro.net/news_info/press/Metro_210v.htm


Blue Line 7th and Metro, Red line to Union Station, Gold Line Rose Bowl. Plenty of parking at the Wilow Street Station which is about 1/2 mile from our house.

[Alex]

Ah, didn't realize they required the participation of the transit agencies. I assumed they were just mining the data. So much for my goal of planning a cross country trip using public transit.

[Morrigoon]

Thanks for all the help guys.

At this point, I'm either going to do the blue line/gold line/shuttle thing, or meet my dad in the LA Zoo parking lot and carpool in.

[BDBopper]

But NA doesn't do the bacon :evil:

Thank goodness. The thought of someone doing the bacon is quite disturbing on perhaps more than one level.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Don't forget to make sure the return trip is doable at a time you'd be comfortable with.

[Kevy Baby]

Drive to Union Station and take the Gold Line from there. The subways are easy to use. She was shooting for an all-public-transportation solution.

At this point, I'm either going to do the blue line/gold line/shuttle thing, or meet my dad in the LA Zoo parking lot and carpool in.Note that it would be Blue Line/Red Line/Gold Line/Shuttle as noted in NA's post above.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I know, but I didn't have a good experience on the Blue line and the hybrid thing is generally how I function when using public transit. I use public transit for as much of the trip as I can, but I still generally wind up driving at least to a Metro stop.

[Kevy Baby]

I say Morro should just walk there.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Of course she'd have to start now. And miss the party.

[Kevy Baby]

Well, its only 31.4 miles. With an average walking speed of 2.7 MPH, giving for a 5 minute break every hour, it would take a little over 12-1/2 hours. Since the game starts at 2:10 p.m. PST and allowing for an hour before-hand to get in the stadium, buy nachos and beer and enjoy the pre-game festivities, she could stay with us through the stroke of midnight.

But alas, she will miss the 1:00 dropping of the pants.

[Morrigoon]

Actually, after some research and discussion, I decided to play it safe. I'm driving to the Zoo and carpooling in from there with my dad.

Had a lot of good reasons to go this route. Looks like Metro is forbidding bulky items like chairs and coolers due to expected crowds. Since we'll be arriving so early, we plan (at least my brother and I, if not my dad who seems all too fond of the idea of walking around for 4 hours) on tailgating at my brother's car, so I need a folding chair. And also, I'm bringing my brother's family's Christmas gifts to him. Plus, after the game, we'll be going out to dinner somewhere, and I didn't wanna run the risk of issues getting back to Long Beach. So in the end, using the Zoo parking lot (wide open and free, often used for park n ride to the Hollywood Bowl) seemed the best option.