Elizabeth

I'm going to be in LA without a car, and I'd love to have the name and number of a reliable and well-priced taxi or car service. I find that cabs called by hotels seem to be more expensive than other cabs, can this be true?

What I want it for - to travel occasionally between a hotel, probably the Roosevelt, and the Arclight movie theatre, also in Hollywood. And I would be wanting to call it pretty much at the last minute, not the day before or anything like that!!

(It's a situation where I'll have transportation sometimes, but not all the time, so I want a resource.)

So - does this exist? Thanks!

clarkgriswold

Roosevelt to Arclight is walkable, or just walk a block to the metro and take a 1 minute ride on the subway. Runs until about 1am, I think. At any rate, I wouldn't worry about the hotel calling the most expensive cab...how expensive can a 1 mile cab ride be, anyway?

rkkwan

Definitely not the subway. Distance between the Roosevelt and the Arclight is 1.1mi. But the walk from Roosevelt to Hollywood/Highland is already 0.2mi, and from Hollywood/Vine to the Arclight is 0.35mi. So, you only save half the walk, but the subway isn't that frequent. Every 10 minutes during rush, and up to every 20 minutes in the evening.

Either walk or cab or take a bus down Hollywood Blvd for a few stops.

Taxis run on meters in L.A.

GypsyMaiden

In 2006, we cabbed it from Dr. Phil studios to the Hollywood Sign, well, OK, below the Hollywood Sign, where we stayed in a hotel around the corner from the Kodak Theatre....then to the airport, LAX. $60 buck a roos. I felt ripped off, but learned about Iran. From the driver. Very intersting stuff. At this point, the $60 bucks may have been worth it. :0)

rkkwan

Hollywood to LAX for $60 is below average.

Elizabeth

To me the distance is exactly in cab range versus need-a-car range - a one-mile walk is fine once in a awhile but not several times a day, especially when dressed up!! and the cab fare won't be more than car - it will probably match the parking cost of a car.

So the word is - taxis in LA are same as in NYC - all on meters? for some reason it has looked to me as if tehre were different categories of them or something.

rkkwan

Cabs in L.A. run on meters, except for fixed rate between LAX and Downtown.

Here's the fare table:

1. $2.85 flag drop (first 1/9th mile).
2. $0.30 for each additional 1/9th mile ($2.70 per mile).
3. $0.30 for each 37 seconds waiting/delay ($29.19 per hour).
4. $46.50 flat fare for trips between LAX and downtown.
Area bounded by Alameda St., Santa Monica Fwy., Harbor Fwy., Cesar E. Chavez, Union Station and Chinatown.
5. $2.50 surcharge for all trips originating at LAX.
6. $15.00 minimum fare for trips originating at LAX (In addition to the $2.50 surcharge).

So, for 1.1 miles (or 1 1/9 mile), the fare is:

$2.85 + $0.30 x 10 = $5.85. Plus wait time, plus possible slightly longer route to get to the door of the theater or hotel without having to cross the street.

Definitely cheaper than parking.