love how this video ends so based: "we have decades of data that basically proves that widening freeways and displacing more people foes not end freeway congestion". its interesting that the person in charge of breaking down the issues with LA's freeway system is so passionate about improving transit when he mentions the nearest metro lines and projects nearby each interchange. discussing the displacement and other historical factors involved are appreciated as well.
There is also the El Toro Y which is an honorable mention same with the LAX interchange with the 405 and the 105. Also the 134-170 and 101 interchange in North Hollywood.
This makes me so glad to live in Billings, MT we only have one overpass (that I can think of.) Population stands at 120K which is busy given the size of the city. But Billings is nothing like this. Thank goodness!
Because the south portion (Santa Ana Fwy) was already built as the south portion of US 101 (transcontinental Hwy at the time) as 3 mainline lanes in each direction. In order to “stay on 5” you are technically exiting the mainline (physical freeway) that’s why it’s only 2 lanes (they are exit lanes to the right).
Not one single cent should have been used to add HOV Lanes and widening of the freeways. All that money should’ve been invested i. Subways and light rail.
Los Angeles traffic situation is the byproduct of that stupid street car system from 100 years ago which created demand for transport in the first place.
It's such a shame how much urban space we dedicated to the least efficient mode of transport. We need to tear out most of these highways that cut the city into many disjoint pieces.
The freeway system looks much cleaner here in Northern California. The first time my parents drove through something like this in Los Angeles, they were really confused as there were so many ways to go they don’t know where to go.
@@povertyspec9651 The L in Chicago has 729,200 daily riders. Lexington Avenue Station in NYC, alone, has 1,289,300 daily riders. Don't get me wrong, 500k is a lot, but when people have no option but to drive, this is what you get. Driving is very inefficient. Each time you drive you release particulates that give children asthma. Freeways are noisy and constant noise can cause mental illness. Cars take up a lot of space. Los Angeles County has over 4X the land area of Manhattan just in surface parking. The land for each parking space is often worth tens of thousands of dollars. Makes you wonder why we dedicate so much room for cars but not people (mass homelessness in LA). Young people who can't get their license and elderly people who can no longer drive are stranded anywhere in the city. When there are many cars on the road, you get traffic where everyone has to wait to move because there are so many cars. LA is criss-crossed with freeways and it has some of the worst traffic in the USA. That's no coincidence. When you give people something for free, they take a lot of it. So each time we expand a freeway, we induce more people to drive which ends up making traffic worse than it was before.
@@mariusfacktor3597 That's fine for people whose origin and destination are near mass transit like the examples you gave. However, not everyone is like that. Most of the people in LA will need a car because it is so spread out. It would be hard for most people to not drive unless all their origins and destinations are near mass transit. Saying everyone can live their life using only mass transit is insulting and highly ideological.
love how this video ends so based: "we have decades of data that basically proves that widening freeways and displacing more people foes not end freeway congestion".
its interesting that the person in charge of breaking down the issues with LA's freeway system is so passionate about improving transit when he mentions the nearest metro lines and projects nearby each interchange. discussing the displacement and other historical factors involved are appreciated as well.
Great video!
Very informative and helpful.
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I like that you can feel the pain in his voice. You should cover the 10, 57, 71 interchange in Pomona in a future episode, its like 10 stories tall!
Great video! We need more of these local landmark mini-documentaries. May I suggest the 91 express lanes?
There is also the El Toro Y which is an honorable mention same with the LAX interchange with the 405 and the 105. Also the 134-170 and 101 interchange in North Hollywood.
Hi I want to see more videos like this!!!!!!!
Just exactly the kind of nerdy RUclips-eskque type of shit that I try my best to survive longer to keep being able to see! I Love It😊!
Gosh, I love♥LA!☺
5:48 smart maryland, keep the speed on the interchange!
stereo audio is awesome on this video but my brain had a hard time processing the sound lol
Award winning sound production here
Pretty conjusted! Glad I was able to take 7th st, highway 22 connecting to the 605 freeway when I lived and worked in southern California.
Very informative. Also, using airpods the music came to my right ear and the voice came to the left
This makes me so glad to live in Billings, MT we only have one overpass (that I can think of.) Population stands at 120K which is busy given the size of the city. But Billings is nothing like this. Thank goodness!
405 to the 5 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬😆
I want to see the city of Los Angeles my self a long video
Three lanes is the only feature that dates the four level. Never noticed the symmetry before. It really is an under-appreciated marvel.
Hi I want to see the whole city its self!!!!!!!!
The East LA Interchange: Where a transcontinental freeway gets narrowed down to two lanes in each direction. Who thought that was a great idea?
Because the south portion (Santa Ana Fwy) was already built as the south portion of US 101 (transcontinental Hwy at the time) as 3 mainline lanes in each direction. In order to “stay on 5” you are technically exiting the mainline (physical freeway) that’s why it’s only 2 lanes (they are exit lanes to the right).
The Pregerson Interchange
Not one single cent should have been used to add HOV Lanes and widening of the freeways. All that money should’ve been invested i. Subways and light rail.
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You did your homework.
Los Angeles traffic situation is the byproduct of that stupid street car system from 100 years ago which created demand for transport in the first place.
It's such a shame how much urban space we dedicated to the least efficient mode of transport. We need to tear out most of these highways that cut the city into many disjoint pieces.
The freeway system looks much cleaner here in Northern California. The first time my parents drove through something like this in Los Angeles, they were really confused as there were so many ways to go they don’t know where to go.
Got proof it is the least efficient? Also, food doesn't get to your local grocery store by rail.
500,000 people each day travel through this interchange alone. More than any mass transit system you can think of.
@@povertyspec9651 The L in Chicago has 729,200 daily riders. Lexington Avenue Station in NYC, alone, has 1,289,300 daily riders. Don't get me wrong, 500k is a lot, but when people have no option but to drive, this is what you get.
Driving is very inefficient. Each time you drive you release particulates that give children asthma. Freeways are noisy and constant noise can cause mental illness. Cars take up a lot of space. Los Angeles County has over 4X the land area of Manhattan just in surface parking. The land for each parking space is often worth tens of thousands of dollars. Makes you wonder why we dedicate so much room for cars but not people (mass homelessness in LA). Young people who can't get their license and elderly people who can no longer drive are stranded anywhere in the city.
When there are many cars on the road, you get traffic where everyone has to wait to move because there are so many cars.
LA is criss-crossed with freeways and it has some of the worst traffic in the USA. That's no coincidence. When you give people something for free, they take a lot of it. So each time we expand a freeway, we induce more people to drive which ends up making traffic worse than it was before.
@@mariusfacktor3597 That's fine for people whose origin and destination are near mass transit like the examples you gave. However, not everyone is like that. Most of the people in LA will need a car because it is so spread out. It would be hard for most people to not drive unless all their origins and destinations are near mass transit.
Saying everyone can live their life using only mass transit is insulting and highly ideological.
this audio is not good