Number one is avoid the 405 at all costs especially during rush hour. You might as well have breakfast lunch and dinner in your car.
RoboCop Drones.
My wife takes the 10 from Santa Monica to downtown every day. She’s excited that the Expo line is opening in 9 days. I have a 7 minute commute - by foot. Don’t worry, I did my time in the past driving to Thousand Oaks and Burbank.
Previously 20 years in SoCal. The ONLY excuse for tardiness to any event.......traffic.
Thought maybe they were going to talk about the traffic in Houston. Isn’t much better at night. Going to be a real hoot when we have a hurricane again and everyone tries to evacuate at once. Putting all those people on our highway system at one time is like putting four pounds of s*** in a one pound bag.
"But any proposal to ease congestion runs up against the gangrenous environmentalists who view gridlock positively, as a means of reducing car ridership and “saving” the environment...The city was built for the automobile, but the liberals who run things have been trying to change that. They talk about putting highways “on a diet,” but they’ve only succeeded in worsening the traffic problem...In a one-party town, failure has no consequences. Los Angeles mostly just throws more money at the problem."
ML/NJ
Deport all the illegals and the freeways will be free of traffic.
There are ways around the horrific traffic in LA and OC, but not everyone can avail themselves of the solutions.
If I’m going to LA, I time it to leave South OC around 9:00. If I can’t get back before about 2:30, I stay and have dinner before coming back. I can get home from Los Angeles in about 30 minutes at 7:30 PM.
If I’m going to the downtown Central Library for research, I take the train and then the Red Line. Takes me right to Pershing Square, a short walk from my destination. It doesn’t cost any more than driving and unless someone jumps in front of the train, I know exactly when I’ll get back.
As far as getting around the OC, the time rules apply. Never hit the 55 N after noon or the 91 after about 2:00. Take Santiago Canyon or the 241 if heading north and the 5 is backed up, etc.
There’s a reason the “Californians” talk about directions so much on SNL.
You know that skit on SNL, “The Californians”?
It’s not a skit. It’s a documentary. I live my life around when others are going to be in the road. That’s why I’m out of my mind around here like everyone else.
Stay away.
Lived 4 years in San Bernardino County, working as a consultant for CALTRANS.
When I first started, I had to go from Redlands to Norwalk...DAILY. In order to be at the office by 7:30am, I had to leave the house by 5:00am, and HOPE no one broke down on I-10 or the 605. Go the 91 to Imperial Highway? Ha!!And if I was still in Norwalk by 3:30pm, I was guaranteed not to be home before 6:30 or 7:00pm.
When my company moved our office to Ontario (because the CALTRANS office we worked for moved into the CALTRANS building in downtown LA and said we couldn’t move with them, and rent in Ontario was much cheaper,) I made it my personal rule to avoid driving into LA as much as I could. It helped that I was now only expected to be in LA about once a month on average. Even then, I still had to by in Ontario before 6:00am in order to be in downtown LA by 7:00, but now I would take the Metrolink train, and my only concern was knowing what times the return train to Ontario departed Union Station.
I moved to Los Angeles for a job. Compared to the northeast I love it! Living close to work is key. Riding a bike to work is a great way to enjoy California's outdoor beauty and weather, get a tan and stay in shape. If Trump builds the wall and deports the illegals he'll make California great again.