Carmageddon

今週末7月15日夜から17日（金土日）の間405番フリーウエイが一部閉鎖されます。サンタモニカ10番フリーウエイからベンチュラ101番フリーウエイまでの10マイルの距離です。この高速道路閉鎖は、「カーマゲドン」と命名されたそう。"Carmageddon" might just be a good reason to stay home, because alternate routes around the closed 10-mile section of the San Diego (405) Freeway between 10 freeway and 101 freeway from July 15 night to July 17, 2011 are likely to be jammed. "We believe the streets will be totally gridlocked," Sherman Oaks resident Richard Tyler, who lives near Sepulveda Boulevard, told the Los...Read Full Story

Even prior to the time ticked midnight — the central begin of a programmed 53-hour closure of the 405 Freeway in in in between the 10 and 101 freeways — authorities had halted all trade impending the Mulholland Drive bridge. The blocking stirred honking from drivers in the integrate of vehicles held on the turnpike in in in between Skirball Center and Mulholland Drive. A integrate of people exited their cars. PHOTOS: ‘Carmageddon’ closes the 405 Freeway One person took an additional approach...Read Full Story

“Carmageddon” trade could behind up twenty miles on the 405 Freeway — as distant south as the 110 Freeway — underneath a worst-case scenario, travel officials said. During a live discuss on the Times website, Mike Barbour, Metro’s executive for the I-405 Sepulveda Pass widening project, pronounced trade “could get bad on the south side.” “The misfortune case is it could be subsidy up to the 110,” Barbour said. “We’re articulate a poignant twenty miles or so. it unequivocally depends on if...Read Full Story

A sign thanks drivers on the 405 freeway as the road reopens ahead of schedule in Los Angeles, California July 17, 2011. David McNew / Reuters Even more shocking than a lack of traffic in L.A. this weekend – the work crews actually finished early. The event once known as “Carmageddon” proved to be no apocalyptic event for Los Angeles. Minutes after noon on Sunday, the barriers were cleared, allowing Angelenos that braved the weekend's potential traffic hassle to once again use the stretch...Read Full Story

With all the commotion, you'd think the 405 was the only road in town. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images With all the commotion, you'd think it was the only road in town. “Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads.” Car-loving Angelenos will try to take Doc Brown's wisdom to heart – and practice – this weekend. L.A. residents are staring into the face of sure gridlock as the city shutters a 10-mile stretch of the 405 freeway starting Friday at midnight. Here's the clincher: the closure...Read Full Story