It will show the Dash option, but mainly in Hollywood and mainly if you change the option from min to max of what you are willing to walk.

The Dash is a good option BUT ONLY inside of downtown, the Dash is a bit iffy in regards to time. The Dash either runs very well, like the downtown Dashes or very erratically like the Los Feliz Dash.

I would suggest avoiding the Dash in a time of urgency when outside of the downtown vicinity.

It’s a horrible work option or appointment option. It’s good if you’re leaving happy hour or going to happy hour and it happens to come by and you can take it up the street, but I wouldn’t wait for it or depend on it to make a movie or anything.

I tried to take the Los Feliz Dash several times (my old hood, which I miss ALOT, downtown is not nearly as fun as those ads make it seem) to get places and that thing never ever came on time, even the first one of the morning.

It would pi** me off. I called them so often yelling at them in regards to their lack of keeping a schedule. I think that I was instrumental in making it so that the Dash no longer takes calls.

Yelling at people doesn’t make the bus come any faster, but I feel this way if you’re going to make me suffer with bad customer service I’m going to enjoy myself by calling you and mocking you. It’s childish, but it’s a sort of an immediate gratification.

Browne

The problem is waiting on the bus stop, now that can be a dangerous experience if it’s in an area with no people.

I would suggest avoiding that.

Sunset and Labrea, fine. San Pedro and 6th, not so good at one in the morning.

Rule of thumb if you wouldn’t park your car somewhere, don’t sit at the busstop alone there.

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Metro tip, if it’s after 9pm the bus driver will drop you off where ever you need as long as it’s on the route.

So say you’re going to the Little Joy on a Sunday and you’re taking the two, well what you can do is tell the driver to drop you off at Portia (which is the street that it intersects) instead of Echo Park blvd.

Also another tip. Highland Park busses run very badly and cabs won’t pick you up. If you are at a Highland Park function you may have to bike it and legit cab companies will not pick you up, you will have to get a gypsy cab to take you home.

The phone number is at the Burger Stand that is on San Fernando Road and Avenue 31, you can of course take the goldline and the downtown busses may run ok, but if you are going into Hollywood, Los Feliz, East Hollywood area. The bus they claim will come will never, ever come.

So at 1am, think about that. The MTA runs once an hour after around 11pm, you could end up waiting two hours if you miss the train.

Get the number of a cab and a renegade cab in case of an emergency. I can’t put the number of the renegade cab, since you know I don’t want them to get busted, but I’ve directed you pretty well how to find it.

If you are a woman taking the bus at night you must have the number of a cab company in case things get too crazy, but again on the major roads like Sunset, Santa Monica, and Wilshire, this should not be a problem. The two and four run regularly (none of that once an hour weridness) even in the late night hours.

If you can’t live by the rails, I suggest living by the two or four. Excellent lines, especially if you like to bar hop and have fun.

Browne

I am hoping that most of the annoying contact from lurkers was due to their sense to my newness to the bus.

I’ll be back on this weekend to see if I am more like an old pro!

Thanks for the tips!

Like I said, I’ve never felt unsafe, but maybe others have a different perspective.

Question. My friends were quite concerned about me taking the bus alone. At night. Think it’s too unsafe? It was a Friday night and my ride home was around 1:15am. Just thought I’d query some folks who actually take the bus, rather than my friends who (like me before this weekend) don’t take the bus.

Shutting up now.