Like many San Fernando Valley residents, Gerald Silver is making plans for the summer, plotting out weekends for himself and his wife, Myrna. And the Silvers have a very specific itinerary for July 15-18.
The freeways are moving once again after an crash involving a vehicle wedged between two tractor trailer trucks has been cleared away. The crash was reported at 9:04 a.m. Tuesday on the southbound Long Beach (710) Freeway at the northbound San Diego (405) Freeway and snarled traffic for miles, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Likening next month's closure of the 405 Freeway to a traffic "car-mageddon," city and county officials unveiled more details Monday of next month's epic shutdown, but said the best option is to simply stay away. Monday's press conference was the latest installment in a public awareness campaign about plans to close a 10-mile stretch of the 405 from July 15-18 as part of a $1 billion freeway widening project.
LOS ANGELES -- For those who say the weekend-long freeway closure dubbed "Carmageddon" was a non-event, Los Angeles County's transit agency says: You are welcome. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesman Dave Sotero said the agency's coordination of wide- ranging efforts to keep residents out of their cars -- especially in the area around the shut-down portion of Interstate 405 -- kept the weekend of freeway construction from generating the epic traffic jams that many had feared.
After enduring weeks of repeated warnings and apocalyptic prophesies of a city overrun by traffic, relieved Angelenos raced back onto the San Diego (405) Freeway on Sunday, almost a full day before the expected reopening. City officials beamed as they announced the reopening of a 10- mile stretch of the busy freeway some 17 hours before today's early morning deadline.
PASADENA - Not everyone is sold on the whole Carmageddon thing. After a steady barrage of doom and gloom traffic scenarios emanating from this weekend's planned 53-hour closure of the 405 Freeway, experts, local police and commuters began pushing back Wednesday - calling the predictions balderdash.
After enduring weeks of repeated warnings and apocalyptic prophesies of a city overrun by traffic, relieved Angelenos raced back onto the San Diego (405) Freeway on Sunday, almost a full day before the expected reopening. City officials beamed as they announced the reopening of a 10- mile stretch of the busy freeway some 17 hours before today's early morning deadline.
Worried that overflow traffic will clog neighborhoods during next month's closure of the 405 Freeway, a group of residents asked Wednesday that some surface streets be closed to all but local traffic during the 53-hour operation. The Roscomare Valley Association, which represents residents of north Bel-Air, wanted the City Council to restrict access through their neighborhoods during the July 15-18 shutdown.
LONG BEACH They sit quietly in the front office of the American Red Cross office at 3150 E. 29th Street. The quiet hum of the air conditioning covers the sound of traffic on the San Diego (405) Freeway across the street.
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