California State Polytechnic University - Pomona - Transportation - Transportation

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Best Ways to Get Around Town		Find a friend or roommate to catch a ride with. There are the buses, but try not to use them at night. Wouldn't recommend walking; nothing is in walking distance.
Best Ways to Get to the Airport		Apollo Shuttle - (909) 734-0095 Discount Shuttle - (800) 699-4826 LA Xpress Shuttle - (800) 427-7483 New Express Transportation - (877) 977-3748 Prime Time Shuttle - (800) RED-VANS Shuttle 2000 - (800) 977-7872 SuperShuttle - (909) 984-0040

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Pomona doesn’t have the level of public transportation like San Francisco or San Diego. Your only choices that actually come to campus are the MTA and the Foothill Transit Buses. However, the bus systems in Pomona are not exactly known for being on time.

Students can also take the train, which they can catch from the Pomona or Claremont depots. However, you would need a ride just to get to the train! In addition, there are no movie theaters, grocery stores, or shopping centers within walking distance. The closest grocery store to Cal Poly is at least a 10-minute drive, which would make walking there impossible. Besides, would you want to walk back carrying all those bags?

Biking is another option, but again, the distance and bags would still pose a problem. Without a car, you will be stuck with whatever food and supplies happen to be sold on campus at the Pony Express or the Bronco Bookstore as your only choices, unless your roomie has a car. And it will make weekends repetitive after a while. Bottom line: if you attend Cal Poly Pomona, you will need a car.

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missydoll

Psychology '13

B

Parking Is a Bust

I'm a commuter and that's always simple to get to school, it is sometime a struggle finding a parking spot depending on what time you have to get to school. If I'm paying $300 a year for parking, I want a guaranteed parking spot!

Apr 11, 2012

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agtin19

Anthropology and Archaeology '12

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Walking Is Faster

Cal poly is mostly a commuter school so it is pretty expensive to live off campus. There are campus buses that take you to different parts of the school, but one can out walk the buses most of the time.

Apr 06, 2012

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Vinmaster

Computer Science '13

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Get You to Places

The Cal Poly Pomona shuttle is very nice. The driver always greet you when you are entering the shuttle. The wait time isn't that long. Even if you aren't taking the shuttle, you'll see it around the campus every now and then. The public transportation is pretty nice. It takes you to other bus stations so you can travel far without transfering a lot.

Jan 25, 2012

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In 2007-2008 Parking & Transportation Services served 24,253 customers at the Parking Office, performed 1,111 battery jumps and unlocked vehicle doors, responded to 944 campus escort requests, shuttled 548,380 riders on campus shuttles.

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Safety Escort Services
(909) 869-3070
Monday–Thursday 6 p.m.–10:30 p.m.

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Bronco Express Shuttle

www.csupomona.edu/~parking/shuttle_map.html The Bronco Express Shuttle makes stops throughout a majority of the parking lots on campus and makes drops all around campus near your classes. It even goes to the University Village Apartments.

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Metropolitan Transit Authority

(800) COMMUTE

www.mta.net

Metrolink Rail System

(800) 371-LINK

www.metrolinktrains.com

Foothill Transit

(800) RIDE-INFO

www.foothilltransit.org

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Ontario International Airport

The Ontario International Airport is the closest airport to Cal Poly, only 15 miles and only a 20-minute drive. The prices are a tad bit more expensive than LAX; however, you will spend the difference in gas sitting in LA traffic.

(909) 937-2700

www.lawa.org/ont

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)

LAX is about 45 miles away and about a 45-minute drive without traffic. If you are going to this airport, try to go against the flow of traffic (in the morning, traffic is heavy going into LA, and it’s heavy going out in the evening).

(310) 646-5252

www.lawa.org/lax

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Greyhound Bus Terminal

The nearest Greyhound bus terminal is in Claremont, which is less than eight miles from campus.

888 S. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont

(909) 624-4564

www.greyhound.com

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Pomona Amtrak Train Station (POS)

The nearest Amtrak station is located in downtown Pomona, less than two miles away.

156 W. Commercial St., Pomona

(800) 872-7245

www.amtrak.com

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