OCTA Route 42

This company is so expensive! and so rude I got into a bus and I made a mistake by not pulling the core on time so she gives me attitude ! She starts telling me make sure u pull it n time this and that I told what she said nothing just go I told her that’s what I though!!! idk why they give ladded to the bus is not one dollar the bus is two dollars and for a bus pass it’s not a dollar neither is five dollars daily so you guys been a change this!!! !

It’s a pretty good bus route I normally usuall took it before the after non and right after school has already started and it seems to make good time and is mostly empty. On school days though it may be somewhat late, only problem i really ever had once was the driver stopping one stop down from the stop i pulled the cord for but again on a busy day right around when school was ending.

OCTA, in general, is not a great system. The 42 is okay, but I’ve experienced 20+ minute late buses as well as drivers who don’t seem to be all about their jobs.
Sadly I can’t avoid taking this bus in order to get to work, so I put up with it.
There was one driver, however, who gave me a day pass to use to transfer to LBT after I asked her if I could use an IAT from LBT and she denied me (it was from earlier in the day and not at a transfer point, it was worth a shot, right?!). I thought that was pretty generous of her though.
A few of the regular drivers are nice, but once in a while you get a real bad apple.

It’s either my first bus on my way home from work or my last bus on my way to work. And I’m not thrilled with it.
I’ve been burned far too many times while taking this bus south towards Leisure World. If it were actually on time and not late like it usually is. I may just make the transfer to Bus Route 60 which takes me into Long Beach. Overall I am not a fan of the OCTA. I much prefer LB Transit. Unfortunately I work just over the OC/​LA border (on the OC side) and have to change systems. Which I hate because that means I can’t buy a transfer. I am stuck paying for a whole new fare each way.
Depending on the time of day I get off work I can have a smooth trip north if the bus is running on time. However if I have to go south then I am stuck taking a fully loaded bus with noisy teenagers just getting out of school. Not the type of thing I want to deal with after a long day at work. Speaking of things I don’t want to deal with. The drivers. Now for the most part they are decent people, but out of all the buses I’ve been on, Route 42 has those special few that just lack any form of people skills.
I wish I could avoid this route at all costs, but until the day comes when I no longer have to take the bus, I am stuck taking this ridiculous route.

I took this as an alternate to the 38 a few times. A decent smooth ride which I could begin my morning emails which would always begin before my workshift did. The seating was «aplenty» the A/​C was great and the drivers were usually cool, if anything OCTA drivers were more «chill» than others. I was also able to read math before my evening classes.
Buses typically left and arrived at relatively regular times and would wait if they saw you running. Always courteous to riders in wheelchairs as well. For $ 1.50 they offer a quality ride connecting the wealthy hills of Anaheim to the transfer buses headed for Downtown, East L.A., SGV and more.
If I needed to, I would ride this bus again.