The article goes on to discuss Garcetti’s “Green New Deal,” and the hopes therein to cut Southern California’s carbon footprint by, in part, encouraging public transit and ride-sharing options: Yet, after decades of deadlock, the 405 may be able to shed its infamous reputation. It takes extraordinary circumstances to relieve this notorious concrete behemoth of overcrowding. “It’s the most congested artery in America,” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti told me, as he fittingly rolled slowly through traffic on another infamous LA freeway, the 110. Otherwise, if I left much later, my less than thirty-minute commute could conceivably have taken two hours - up to 90 minutes of that on the 405 South, barely seven miles from the Freeway entrance near my home before hitting the less-trafficked 101.Īs stated, in their article, “ The Future of America’s Worst Freeway,” the reputation of the 72-mile stretch is near-iconic: In any given year, the 405 is either one of the worst or literally the worst trafficked highway in the U.S. I left my house at 5:30AM every morning so I could arrive at my office before 6. Following a brief two-year stint back to the east coast in 1991, I’ve been living continuously in the San Fernando Valley ever since.Īs a writer-producer for television and film, my production company offices were housed variously at Sunset-Gower Studios and Paramount Studios for several years, meaning, I traveled to the Hollywood area from my home in Northridge five days weekly. I moved to Hollywood, California from Brooklyn, New York in 1989. On second thought, it’s frequently true and no joke at all. The joke for those of us who live here is ”It’s called the 405 as it takes four or five hours to get anywhere.” As anyone who lives in the vicinity of Los Angeles or the San Fernando Valley could attest, the 405 Freeway is typically congested with vehicles regardless of the time of day.
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