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Best Ways to Get Around Town
  • Borrow your buddy’s car
  • Bum a ride
  • Drive! It’s LA! (Well, the LA area)
  • Use the off-campus shuttle provided by SGA, (310) 506-4360
Best Ways to Get to the Airport
  • A cab ride to the airport costs $35 for up to four people with Malibu Cab.
  • Airport Shuttle (310) 317-1992 $45, plus $7 for each additional passenger.
  • Primetime Shuttles (800) 733-8267.
  • Road Runner Shuttle (805) 389-8196 $35
  • With the Pepperdine discount, Primetime (Red Vans) costs $27, plus $11 for each additional passenger.

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

 

Public transportation at Pepperdine is about as popular as that high-pitched squirrelly guy on Saved by the Bell. The resounding opinion of Pep students is that the school’s off-campus shuttles are inconvenient and unreliable, and most car-deprived students find themselves stranded far from the convenience of LA’s bus and metro stations. Their resounding advice, therefore, is to bring a car. If that’s just not possible, plan to make friends with vehicle-equipped students as quickly as possible.

 

The drama surrounding Pepperdine’s transportation situation is a bit dramatized. As with parking, getting around is only as much of a problem as you make it out to be. An abundance of California natives with their own cars means that everyone knows someone to bum a ride from. As far as getting yourself to and from the airport, a lot of students rely on the Primetime Shuttles, or “Red Vans.” Yet the Malibu Cab company charges only a few bucks more, and can be for a group of four travelers. Just don’t count exclusively—or much at all, for that matter—on public transportation to get you out and about during your time at Pepperdine.

 

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Transportation at Pepperdine University

jthan793

'15

English

2.3
C

Bring a Car.

Bring a car. Or make friends with people who own cars. Thankfully, it is free to have a car on campus. Malibu is lovely, but you will want to venture into LA or Santa Monica on a regular basis.

Jan 20, 2012

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Transportation at Pepperdine University

nicolelehcar

'12

Sociology

1.9
C-

Get a Car

All there is is a shuttle to take you to the local Ralphs. If you don't have a car you're pretty much stranded.

Jan 07, 2012

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Transportation at Pepperdine University

ericgraciano

'12

International Business

3.8
B+

Good Excersice

Since the campus is relatively small, most of transportation in campus is walking... but there is a lot of stairs.

Dec 28, 2011

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Facts

Did You Know?

Pepperdine partnered with Hertz to bring a car-sharing program onto campus. Students who join this program can rent one of a handful of cars by the hour or day.

Campus ShuttleWhat's This?

Waves Shuttle Service

(310) 506-4802

8:00 a.m.–10:30 p.m.

Student Service Officer Escort Program

(310) 506-4442

8:00 p.m.–2:30 a.m. or anytime by request through Public Safety

Public TransitWhat's This?

CalTrans

(213) 897-4867

www.dot.ca.gov

Nearest AirportWhat's This?

Los Angeles International Airport

LAX is about 40 miles away, and, depending on traffic, it can take anywhere from 50 to 90 minutes to get there.

(310) 642-7008

Nearest Passenger BusWhat's This?

Greyhound Trailways Bus Terminal

The closest Greyhound bus terminal is through Malibu Canyon in Thousand Oaks, about 13 miles from campus.

707 E. Thousand Oaks, Blvd. 11, Thousand Oaks, CA

(805) 449-7265

www.greyhound.com

Nearest Passenger TrainWhat's This?

LA Amtrak Train Station

The nearest Amtrak station is in LA, about 25 miles away.

1605 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles

(213) 624-0171

www.amtrak.com

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