Reminder: There are 42 bus lines that will have some detours due to this morning's triathlon in Los Angeles that stretches from Venice to L.A. Live in downtown. Lines detoured: 14, 37, 16, 18, 20, 28, 30, 33, 51, 52, 53, 55, 60, 62, 66, 70, 71, 76, 78, 79, [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqASHIMbkcg[/youtube] Kinda hard to resist this one. Just substitute “Mulholland Bridge” for “Meadowlands” in the lyrics.
The middle span on the north side looks to be going, going, gone….
Unified Command has just issued this statement: The 405 Closure Unified Command has received information that several large trucks have attempted to utilize Sepulveda Boulevard to bypass the freeway closure. This must not happen and could pose a hazard to emergency services through the Sepulveda pass. Effective immediately, law enforcement [continue reading]
The north side of the bridge is coming down — here’s what it looked like just after 7 a.m. As for traffic, here’s the real-time map from Caltrans at 8:45 a.m. Lot of green is good!
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U2mvoh8j4M[/youtube] Heard this one on 100.3 earlier — hat tip, The Sound. Hopefully they’ll be walking not driving this weekend.
Pylons are going up and lane closures are underway in advance of the full closure of the 405 between the 10 and 101 that begins in about 90 minutes. The midnight hour is approaching, people! Many reporters are at Camp Carmageddon, just north of the Mulholland Drive Bridge.
It appears darkness has fallen over the Republic, to put it in Star Wars-speak. Good news: traffic already appears to be lightening up. Here’s the view on Google Maps as of 7:37 p.m. below. Good job, people!
A cavalcade of officials just held a news conference at the city’s Emergency Operations Center in downtown Los Angeles about the impending closure of the 405 freeway between the 10 and 101 freeways this weekend. Here’s in short what they said: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa: please avoid driving in [continue reading]
