Friday rush hour traffic is a hellscape of epic proportions — but rush hour traffic on the Friday before Memorial Day? Even worse. Here are some tweets—most useful are the Caltrans and Waze Unusual Traffic LA feeds—to clue you in to the battleground outside (even the trains are congested!):
#LATraffic looking like real arteries right now. Check traffic before you head out, try http://t.co/NBeQFoO0lp pic.twitter.com/PVdnj461k4
— Caltrans District 7 (@CaltransDist7) May 22, 2015
Live image on Sunset Blvd. Thanks to @waze user DomiNiqueMariePetrarca for the pic! pic.twitter.com/FhzCfyHfHE — Unusual Traffic LA (@WazeTrafficLA) May 22, 2015
Stay clear of Prairie Ave Inglewood #LAtraffic. Drive times 23m more than usual https://t.co/QBNFs2UtG0 pic.twitter.com/Xk4kxx4ntP — Unusual Traffic LA (@WazeTrafficLA) May 22, 2015
Live image on SR-91 E. Thanks to @waze user BD888 for the pic! pic.twitter.com/2jG5ASoeHA
— Unusual Traffic LA (@WazeTrafficLA) May 22, 2015
VC Line 115 to Moorpark is delayed 15 minutes due to train congestion. — Metrolink (@Metrolink) May 22, 2015
UPDATE: Nevada quake that closed some Las Vegas freeway ramps downgraded to 4.8, per USGS http://t.co/LI0GhKbkJ3 pic.twitter.com/Q7074VKZO5 — NBC Los Angeles (@NBCLA) May 22, 2015