| Transportation |
Rush hour on the Harbor
Freeway |
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| Freeways |
| Los Angeles is the center of the huge Southern
California freeway system. While L.A. is considered to be the
home of traffic jams and car culture, the L.A. freeway system
successfully handles millions of commuters as they endure a
daily collective migration of about 99 million miles (160,000,000
km). |
| Public Transit & Rail |
| The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
Authority and other agencies operate bus, subway and light railroad
lines which together carry over a million passengers a day.
Rail passenger service is provided by Amtrak and Metrolink from
historic Union Station. Rail shipping is handled by Union Pacific
and Burlington Northern Santa Fe. |
| Airports |
| The Los Angeles area has more airports than any
major city in the world, with 5 major commercial airports, and
many more general aviation airports. |
| The main Los Angeles airport is Los Angeles International
Airport (LAX), the 5th busiest commercial airport in the world.
LAX handled 55 million passengers and 2 million tons of cargo
in 2003. |
| The other major commercial airports are Ontario
International Airport (ONT), Bob Hope Airport (BUR) formerly
known as Burbank Airport, Long Beach Municipal Airport (LGB),
and John Wayne International Airport (SNA). |
| Los Angeles also has the world's busiest general
aviation airport, Van Nuys Airport (VNY). |
| Seaports |
| The sea ports of the Port of Los Angeles and Port
of Long Beach together make up the Los Angeles - Long Beach
Harbor, the busiest and overall third largest container shipping
port in the world. |
| There are also smaller, non-industrial harbors
along L.A.'s western coastline. Most of these contain sailboats
and yachts, like Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach and Marina-Del-Rey. |
