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Air Transportation

Los Angeles International Airport is about 70 miles from Palmdale. For more information, visit www.lawa.org/PMD/.

The Bob Hope Airport is located in Burbank about 50 miles from Palmdale. For more information, visit www.burbankairport.com.

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Ground Transportation

The Antelope Valley Freeway (State Route 14) provides a convenient route south to Greater Los Angeles or north to High Sierra vacation lands. Adventurous motorists find the Angeles Forest and Angeles Crest Highways a scenic route to the Pasadena area. Highways 138 and 58 run east and west through the Antelope Valley. Interstate Freeways 5 (to Los Angeles and Sacramento) and 15 (to San Diego and Las Vegas) are easily accessed from these highways.

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Bus

The Antelope Valley Transit Authority's (AVTA) local bus service takes children to school, employees to work and residents to local stores and malls. AVTA patrons pay a one-way fare of only $1.25. Seniors and persons with disabilities pay just .60 for a one-way fare. Patrons can save even more by purchasing a monthly pass which offers unlimited travel for just $50 per month ($16.50 for seniors and persons with disabilities). AVTA also provides Dial-a-Ride which is a curb to curb van service primarily for disabled persons.

Contact AVTA at 661/945-9445 or visit their Web site at www.avta.com.

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Commuter Bus

AVTA provides commuter bus service to Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. All commuter buses are equipped with plush, high-back reclining seats, restrooms and individually controlled lighting and air conditioning vents. There are three park and ride lots in Palmdale. Additional commuter information is available by calling Southern California Rideshare at 661/273-2425 or visit their Web site at www.socalcommute.org.

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Commuter Rail

Rail service is available from the Antelope Valley to Santa Clarita, the San Fernando Valley and L.A. basin cities from Monday through Saturday by Metrolink. Contact Metrolink at 800/371-LINK (5465) or visit their Web site at www.metrolinktrains.com.

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Additional Rail Services

Southern Pacific Transportation: 661/947-4828
Amtrak: 800/USA-RAIL (872-7245)

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Carpool

RideMatch.info - Southern California's One-Stop Ridematching Center

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Future Transportation Solutions

Future transportation solutions that are currently under review by the City of Palmdale are high-speed rail and the Orangeline High Speed Maglev.

High Speed Rail

Established in 1996, the California High-Speed Rail Authority is charged with the planning, designing, constructing and operating of a state-of-the-art high-speed train system. The proposed system stretches from San Francisco, Oakland and Sacramento in the north-with service to the Central Valley-and then to Palmdale and Los Angeles and eventually San Diego in the south. With bullet trains operating at speeds of up to 220 mph, the express travel time from downtown San Francisco to Los Angeles is just under 2 ½ hours. Intercity travelers (trips between metropolitan regions) along with longer-distance commuters would enjoy the benefits of a system designed to connect with existing rail, air and highway systems. For more information about this exciting project visit www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov

Orangeline High Speed Maglev

The Orangeline Development Authority is a joint powers authority charged with studying the feasibility of a high-speed magnetic levitation transportation system from Palmdale to Irvine. The Orangeline is proposed as an elevated, high-speed transportation system that would provide frequent, high quality transportation service to each of the stations along the 30- to 33-mile route. Vehicles would arrive every 10 minutes and travel at top speeds of 120 miles per hour or more. If it were made non-stop, a trip from Anaheim to downtown Los Angeles could take as little as 20 minutes. Including stops at other stations, the trip could still be made in 34 to 43 minutes, making it highly competitive compared with the automobile. For more information about this exciting project visit www.olda.org/

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