While the LA Marathon is in progress, no vehicle will be allowed on the course route.  So if the driveway to your home or business leads directly to the course route, no vehicle will be allowed to leave or enter your driveway until the Officials reopen the streets in your area.  If you must use your car on race day, please park your vehicle, the night before, around the block or on a nearby street that doesn’t have any parking restrictions on race day.

Please check our map to see if there is an alternate path to your home or business via a smaller street.  If there are none, or your home or business is on the block adjacent to the course route, slowly approach the Officers or Transportation Engineers at the location and kindly ask them for access to the street and explain to them that you live or work locally within the closure area, but not on the course route itself.

No, you may not.  If you normally park your vehicle overnight on a street that the Marathon course will be going through, please park your vehicle, the night before, around the block or on a nearby street that doesn’t have any parking restrictions on race day.  Otherwise, your vehicle will be cited and towed away to the local impound yard.

• City of Los Angeles - Call 1-866-TOWAWAY or check the Los Angeles Official Police Garage (OPG) website at www.opglaviic.com
• City of West Hollywood - Contact Hollywood Tow Service at (323) 466-5421, 1015 N. Mansfield Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038
• City of Beverly Hills - Contact the front desk of the Beverly Hills Police Department at (310) 550-4951
• City of Santa Monica - Contact the front desk of the Santa Monica Police Department at (310) 458-8495

Since major streets or arterials tend to carry more traffic, often times, these streets are closed at the major intersections blocks before the course or event route in order to more efficiently detour the heavy traffic to other major streets that can handle it.  Otherwise, the smaller residential streets directly adjacent to the course routes will become clogged and saturated with vehicles that don’t quite have an outlet.

If you must drive to your destination on the other side of the course route, you can use the orange detour routes shown on the Commuterama map to navigate yourself over, under, or around the course route at several points.

If your destination is just on the other side of the course route, it may be best to simply park your vehicle on a street that’s on your side of the course route, and walk across it to your destination.  This may save you a lot of time from having to navigate detour routes that a lot of other motorists are probably also using.  Please use caution, however, if you do decide to walk across the route during the marathon.  It is a race after all!

Major streets that are parallel or near to the course route are often used as detour routes.  To increase the efficiency or capacity of these detour routes during the event, parking restrictions are often put in place on these streets.  Please pay attention to any temporary parking restriction signs posted.  Parking enforcement will be strictly enforced in all cities on race day.

Depending on what city your car was towed in, you will have to contact the appropriate law or parking enforcement agency.  This year’s LA Marathon goes through several different cities.

• City of Los Angeles - Call 1-866-TOWAWAY or check the Los Angeles Official Police Garage (OPG) website at www.opglaviic.com
• City of West Hollywood - Contact Hollywood Tow Service at (323) 466-5421, 1015 N. Mansfield Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038
• City of Beverly Hills - Contact the front desk of the Beverly Hills Police Department at (310) 550-4951
• City of Santa Monica - Contact the front desk of the Santa Monica Police Department at (310) 458-8495

If the route of the bus that you normally take runs on or intersects any portion of the course route, then your bus service will be interrupted.

It would be best to drop off race participants at the Start Line in Dodger Stadium.  This year, vehicle access to the stadium will be allowed for both participant drop-offs and for participants who wish to park their car at the stadium.

Please note that only the Golden State Gate (1850 Academy Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90012), accessible from Stadium Wy, will be open to vehicular traffic on race day.  None of the other gates will be open due to shuttle access and road closures.  Plan on arriving early! The LA Marathon strongly advises all participants to arrive at the Stadium a minimum of 60 to 90 minutes before the race.

Families and friends of participants can meet at the Family Reunion area near the finish line in Santa Monica.  The Family Reunion area is located on Ocean Av between Santa Monica Bl and Broadway Av.

If you don't want to meet your family member or friend at the family reunion area and would rather stay in your vehicle, the City of Santa Monica has designated the east side of 5th Street between Broadway and Wilshire as the post-race pick up zone.  To access this area, take I-10 West and exit 5th Street.  Continue past Colorado Ave and Broadway.  Three blocks of loading zone will be provided on the right hand side of the street. &nbps;To return to the freeway, turn right at Santa Monica Blvd, Arizona Ave, or Wilshire Blvd and then right at Lincoln Blvd.

For more details, please visit lamarathon.com and smgov.net.

Since major streets or arterials tend to carry more traffic, often times, these streets are closed at the major intersections blocks before the course or event route in order to more efficiently detour the heavy traffic to other major streets that can handle it.  Otherwise, the smaller residential streets directly adjacent to the course routes will become clogged and saturated with vehicles that don’t quite have an outlet.

Depending on what city your car was towed in, you will have to contact the appropriate law or parking enforcement agency.  This year’s LA Marathon goes through several different cities.

Families and friends of participants can meet at the Family Reunion area near the finish line in Santa Monica.  The Family Reunion area is located on Ocean Av between Santa Monica Bl and Broadway Av.

If you don't want to meet your family member or friend at the family reunion area and would rather stay in your vehicle, the City of Santa Monica has designated the east side of 5th Street between Broadway and Wilshire as the post-race pick up zone.  To access this area, take I-10 West and exit 5th Street.  Continue past Colorado Ave and Broadway.  Three blocks of loading zone will be provided on the right hand side of the street. &nbps;To return to the freeway, turn right at Santa Monica Blvd, Arizona Ave, or Wilshire Blvd and then right at Lincoln Blvd.

The following policies are in effect for all city-owned lots and structures on Sunday, March 8:

Additionally, please keep in mind that Santa Monica has extensive residential preferential parking regulations which prohibit or limit parking in residential neighborhoods.  The City of Santa Monica strongly encourages you to pre-purchase your L.A. Marathon parking to ensure you have a place to park and are able to catch the shuttles to Dodger Stadium.

To reserve your parking space online, please visit https://lamarathon.clickandpark.com.

Please visit www.smgov.net for more details.

You can either board a shuttle, be dropped off at the start line, or drive yourself to the start line.  This year, you may board shuttles at the below locations (restrictions apply). See https://www.lamarathon.com/participant-info/parking/shuttles/ for details.

• Downtown Santa Monica - Santa Monica City Hall, 1685 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90401
• Downtown LA - Union Station - Patsaouras Transit Plaza, Bay 3, 801 N. Vignes St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
• Official Downtown LA Marathon Hotels - Participants that book a room in a Downtown LA hotel through the LA Marathon's Hotel Reservation Center will receive a shuttle wristband upon check-in to their hotel. Wristbands must be worn to board Downtown LA shuttles.

To be dropped off at the start line, you must enter Dodger Stadium through the Golden State Gate via Stadium Wy.  All other gates will be closed due to road closures and shuttle access.  Vehicles dropping off participants will be directed to Lot 4 (Dodger Stadium Race Day Parking & Drop Off Map).

Participants will be allowed to park their vehicles at Dodger Stadium.  However, NO SHUTTLES will be available after the race to bring you back to Dodger Stadium.  You will need to make your own arrangements to return to Dodger Stadium if you chose to drive yourself to the start line.  Cars will NOT be allowed to park overnight at Dodger Stadium between Sunday, March 8th and Monday, March 9th. Please retrieve your vehicle by 8 PM on March 8, 2020. Vehicles left in the lot after 8 PM are subject to tow at their owner's expense.

For more information on parking or reserving your space on a shuttle, please visit lamarathon.com.

The course route will begin to be cleaned and reopened to normal traffic in a rolling manner.  As soon as the start line clears, crews will start cleaning the route and reopening the streets at a pace no faster than a 15 minute per mile pace.

If you wish to continue to on, you can do so, but you must leave the roadway.  You will have to run/walk on the sidewalk and assume the role of a normal pedestrian obeying all traffic laws and signals.  Sufficient finish line personnel will remain on duty until 4 PM to record times for runners and to provide medical assistance and refreshments.

This year, the City of Santa Monica will be providing a designated runner pick-up area to allow family members and App-based ride hailing services (e.g. Uber & Lyft) to conveniently pick up runners after the Marathon without the need to park. The runner pick-up zone will be along the East side of 5th Street between Broadway and Wilshire Blvd. To access this area, take I-10 West and exit 5th Street. Continue past Colorado Ave and Broadway. Three blocks of loading zone will be provided on the right hand side of the street. To return to the freeway, turn right at Santa Monica Blvd, Arizona Ave, or Wilshire Blvd and then right at Lincoln Blvd.

Yes, participants will be allowed to park their vehicles at Dodger Stadium.  However, NO SHUTTLES will be available after the race to bring you back to Dodger Stadium.  You will need to make your own arrangements to return to Dodger Stadium if you chose to drive yourself to the start line.  Cars will NOT be allowed to park overnight at Dodger Stadium between Sunday, March 8th and Monday, March 9th. Please retrieve your vehicle by 8 PM on March 8, 2020. Vehicles left in the lot after 8 PM are subject to tow at their owner's expense.