MAX Bus: Municipal Area Express

My commute to work is no more than 8 miles but I really enjoy taking this bus to and from work. This south bay area bus service operates in during normal work hours (~6:30 — 7:30AM and 4:30 — 5:30). The bus drivers are friendly. Most bus routes ends at the Green Line Station on Aviation where there are multiple transit lines for transfer.
If you work in the El Segundo/​Redondo Beach area and commute from the south bay. This is a good alternative to driving down busy 405, Aviation, Hawthorne, etc.

I never thought I would actually want to use a route again and again and again… MAX bus is the only one I can think of beside the BART in the San Francisco Bay area.
I had a morning class at El Camino one summer; I was expecting to ride the Torrance #5 bus but no, a MAX bus came instead. I asked if this bus makes a stop at El Camino. She said with the most cherriest tone I have ever heard from a bus driver, «Yes! Hop on!» Wow. Never met such an enthusiastic driver!
I took this route for the entire Summer school. Sometimes I’d miss the bus coming while I was reading my morning papers and they’d stop and wait for me. Then I’d say, «Oops! Sorry for taking so long, but thank you for waiting!» Wow.
Another time I was so tired in the morning from waking at 6am (I’m a late & heavy sleeper) I’d nod off to sleep, then fall asleep right on the bench. The driver was nice enough to get off the bus and stroke me on the shoulder, so gently waking me up… unlike my actual mother who’d would pull the covers and slap me awake…
Sometimes in the afternoon, I’d go straight to my friend’s house in San Pedro from either the School or from my usual transfer point at Crenshaw & Pacific Coast.
However there is a downside. It only operates in one direction per day. North bound in the morning then South bound in the afternoon.

Thank you John S. for reminding me of this service! MAX Bus does indeed rock. With gas prices soaring (damn you, $ 4+ a gallon), I’m working on taking the #3 line 1 – 2 times a week (baby steps y’all!). My company sells half off tickets, so I end up riding round trip for a mere $ 1.25. Can’t beat that! It’s a commuter bus for the South Bay – from Ft. Mac to Aviation Station. This bus is geared toward the aerospace companies and LAAFB crowd, hence the cleanliness of the bus and lack of scary people.
My only qualm would be that it picks up superearly for me. It picks up 4 times in the AM and 4 times in the afternoon. I’m not a morning person and the latest bus picks up at 7:10 half a mile from my house. Yes, I’m lame. Oh well, something to get used to. A pro would be that I can leave work earlier too and get home before it’s dark. Woohoo!

Southbay Unilocalers this is the coolest bus! These buses rock the public transit world! They kick ass! MAX is actually part of the Torrance Transit sytem but riding these buses is such a different experience from most Torrance Transit and other buses for that matter.
The MAX buses (
) operate from San Pedro to El Segundo, traveling through Manhattan Beach, Lomita, Palos Verdes, Hermosa, Carson, Gardena and Lawndale. They don’t run as often as I’d like them too, but they are the cleanest buses you will ever see. Comfortable cushioned seats-i’ve never seen seats like these on a bus — with reading lights-​unfrickin’ heard of in LA, no crappy i pissed on the seats smell to them either-​Big Blue Bus please take note of this. I’m waiting for a butler to come by or a passenger next to me to ask ‘if I have any grey poupon’.
MAX BUSES TO LAX: Take the #2 bus to the Aviation Green Line Station and hop a free ‘G’ bus to the Airport.
I take this bus from time to time. And the bus driver takes the time to start a conversation with me. Now when she sees me riding my bike to work, she actually toots her horn and waves at me.
LA needs more MAX buses-​we need one to stop right in front of my place ;)