Lax - it

[jimlouisesophie]

Looking at taking a taxi to a San Pedro hotel in January 2025.  Do we still take the free shuttle to the LAX - IT to get our taxi as this is where most of the  the ride shares operate.  The web site is a bit confusing.

[93yearsyoung]

It depends on which terminal you come into. There are taxi stands by terminal TBIT/Terminal 3 and Terminal 7/8, otherwise, yes.

[lx200gps]

Unfortunately, the LAX-It site is still in operation as of two weeks ago. The Uber driver bringing us back to LAX from San Pedro told us it's not going away and is actually being expanded, so it may very well be permanent. As to the taxi stands at the terminals, yes they are there. We used the one at the far end of T7 last October. Unfortunately, the stands do not have a line of taxis waiting for passengers, there is a sign that lists a phone number to call to have a taxi come and pick you up. When we arrived at the stand there were already a half-dozen people waiting ahead of us, who told us they had called the number but the dispatcher didn't know anything about that taxi stand. We finally did have a taxi pick us up, after a 30 minute wait. Next time, we'll just suck it up and take the green bus to the LAX-It lot. If you want to spend the $$$s, the Black Ubers are allowed to pick up at the terminals, as are limo services.

[Bruin Steve]

First, the LAX-it thing is not that bad.  When they discontinue it, it probably gets worse, not better.

With LAX-it, the shuttles are continuous--one after the other...very little waiting.  Only thing we don't like is dragging our luggage up and down the bus steps.  At the lot itself, things are organized well for finding your ride.  And, if you arrive at terminal 1 or even 2 or 8, you don't really even need the bus...You can walk--it's right across a small street from Terminal 1.

 

But, as to getting rid of it, the idea is they will do that when the planned Peoplemover is done with construction...and, then, if I read between the lines, you will need to take the peoplemover to a new off-airport multi-story parking facility, farther from the terminals, which will have an area for Uber/Lyft/Taxi.  And you will compete for space on the peoplemover with everyone parking at these off-airport structures or heading to the off-airport car rental center. They really want to move as much traffic as they can away from the inner terminal loop.