<p>i live in LA area. this spring break, my family drove to UCSC for the spring spotlight. it took us more than 7 hours to get there, which is brutal. the ride was exhausting and boring, i don’t want to to it again. I have 2 questions:</p>
<li><p>are there buses, or trains that can get me straight to UCSC from LA?</p></li>
<li><p>how do you guys get to UCSC?</p></li>
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<p>thank you for your time =]</p>
<p>Southwest is pretty cheap and only takes about an hour and a half to get to San Jose Airport, and the drive from there to UCSC takes about a half hour. </p>
<p>I am sure there are buses of some kind but I'd always choose flying because it is much more covenient.</p>
<p>There are a couple options. Driving, the best route to take is 5 > 46 > 101 > 183 > 1.</p>
<p>It takes me 5 1/2 hours to get to/from LA. You can also do a straight shoot up the 5, or a long rambling route up the 101.</p>
<p>This is somewhat dependent on what part of LA you're from, but this is the route many of my friends and I have learned to love.</p>
<p>Before I had a car I flew southwest from Burbank to SJ, 50 minutes. I think LAX is only 10 mins longer. You can either get a friend to pick you up at the airport, take the airport express (like $50) or public transit (bus to caltrain, caltrain, bus across highway 17, bus from metro to campus). All are viable options. </p>
<p>There's always Greyhound, and MegaBus. I think there are train options if you start in SJ, but they take like 8-10 hours.</p>
<p>you can fly into San Jose or Monterey the drive is aboout 35 min from SJ and 40 min or so from Monterey. The Greyhound is way slower than 7 hours and there are no trains. Sorry</p>
<p>How do I get to Santa Cruz? South on 101 to 92 West and then South on 1 which becomes Mission Left on Bay and you are there. :)</p>