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Transportation Information


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Air Transportation

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

The Bob Hope Airport is located in Burbank about 50 miles from Palmdale. For more information, visit www.burbankairport.com External Link.
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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 $1.50 ($1.25 with a TAP card). Seniors and persons with disabilities travel for free (please visit the AVTA website for more information). Patrons can save even more by purchasing a monthly pass, which offers unlimited travel for just $50 per month. AVTA also provides Dial-a-Ride services, which is a curb to curb van service primarily for seniors and disabled persons.

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

AVTAprovides 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. Santa Clarita Transit External Link also provides commuter bus services to the City of Santa Clarita.
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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 by Metrolink External Link. Contact Metrolink at 800/371-LINK (5465) or visit their Web site at www.metrolinktrains.com External Link.
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Additional Rail Services

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

RideMatch.info External Link - 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 include high-speed rail.

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 External Link

High Desert Corridor

The High Desert Corridor External Link (HDC) project proposes the construction of a new, approximately 63-mile, east-west freeway/expressway linking State Route (SR)-14 with SR-18 in San Bernardino County. This new freeway/expressway connection would link some of the fastest residential, commercial and industrial growth areas in Southern California, including the cities of Palmdale, Lancaster, Adelanto, Victorville and the Town of Apple Valley. In addition to addressing the issue of growth, the HDC project will address traffic safety and support the growing need to move goods through our region.
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