![]() By the time you get to 1:30pm, you’re in the middle of the eight circle of Hell with traffic stretching all the way to Jean, NV - a full 12 miles from the border:Īt that point, you may as well have stayed at the blackjack table for another few hours because it doesn’t really start to clear up at all until 3:30pm (and trust me, it’s still a mess at 3:30) and not fully clear until 8:15pm. To break it down, we can see that it’s all green until 10:15am:Īt 10:30, things already start to back up (the yellow line): Using the Google Maps predictive traffic tool (the one where you click “Traffic at day and time” instead of “Live Traffic”), here are the traffic patterns you can expect from the moment when traffic usually backs up (10:30am) until the moment it clears again (8:00pm): ( Note: if you’ve got traffic in Primm, you’ll have traffic in Yermo - since it’s one road the whole way back, the amount of cars you’re traveling with won’t really change along the way). As such, we’re going to use the border traffic data as our indicator here. ![]() Yes, the “Agricultural Inspection” checkpoint in Yermo, CA slows things down but it’s nothing compared to what happens in Primm, NV at the state border. Once you get past the Nevada-California border, you may hit little traffic snarls but they’ll almost always be the results of accidents that shut down a full lane of traffic - there are only two lanes in both directions for most of the journey on the 15 - and they’ll never be as intense as the HoseBeast that is the lane reduction snag found at the border. The first thing to note is that the majority of the ride is smooth-sailing. On Sunday, though, it’s all about playing the percentages. The good news? If it’s any day but Sunday, you’re probably fine (unless it’s the Monday of a holiday weekend - in which case you’re totally screwed, bro). With one road - I-15 - as your only option to get through the Nevada desert, a single accident can back things up considerably and choosing the right time to leave Las Vegas is a gamble all to itself. If you’ve ever made the drive to or from LA, you know that traffic can stretch a four hour trip into a seven hour nightmare. “Nevertheless, Metro and Caltrans are still planning to proceed with widening the 605, the 5, and many many more Southern California freeways during a time when the dire impacts of the global climate catastrophe are becoming increasingly hard to ignore.While what happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, there’s one thing that Sin City just can’t contain within its neon-colored walls: traffic. ![]() ![]() “This is the first time that Metro staff has announced publicly and unequivocally that the 605CIP will not demolish homes,” Linton notes. ![]() The news was announced by Metro Senior Director of Countywide Planning and Development Isidro Pánuco at a meeting of the Metro Board Planning and Programming Committee on Wednesday and reported by Joe Linton in Streetsblog LA. In a victory for freeway fighters and anti- displacement activists, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) announced the Metro and Caltrans 605 Freeway Corridor Improvement Project (605CIP), which, per its initial plans, would have displaced hundreds of residents and impacted more than a thousand parcels in the area. ![]()
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