I'm grateful this service exists but it leaves a bit to be desired. Pluses- it's free. I park at the Douglas station park and ride and take the green line train to the Harbor Freeway station. So, roundtrip, my transportation to Elysian Park costs $3.50. No worries about finding or paying for parking. No traffic stress. I've been to 13 games this season and all but one were on the DS Express! I wouldn't watch as many games if I had to drive.
Drivers are courteous.
Negatives- It never comes on time. I've waited a number of times for the first bus (5:05 from Harbor station) and it arrives at maybe like 5:23. They are every 20 min so it arrives when the second bus should.
Since most people seem to start their journey at the Harbor Transit Center in Gardena, even that first bus is often standing room only. If you're okay with standing for 45 min or so, it's not a big deal. But I hate to think how packed buses are that leave closer to game time. When the game ends, there can be a delay in leaving if you're not on the first bus. Fewer people use the Harbor bus as opposed to Union Station. So they'll wait until the subsequent buses are full before they'll leave. The worst was 30 minutes. Once it actually didn't stop or even slow down at the Harbor Freeway green line station. They're supposed to stop at Slauson, Manchester, Harbor Freeway, and Rosecrans. The driver told me I hadn't done a stop request. He hadn't even slowed down or gone into the bus area at Harbor Freeway. I ended up at Harbor Gateway transit center and they wouldn't take me back. They said I should take the silver like bus back to the green line and it ran once an hour. As it was getting dark and it seemed like a sketchy area, I had to call my father to pick me up. Every other bus driver before and since stopped at every stop or asked if anyone were getting off.
The people who ride it are nice. Dodger fans have a bad reputation but I have met a lot of friendly people and have enjoyed chatting with them on my trips. read more