101 Freeway

My home stretch freeway. I seem to spend a fair amount of time on it. Runs through my home town of Ventura to all the big city pleasures of LA.

LA traffic… what in tarnation is going on around here!!! I’m from SF Bay Area and I thought our traffic was bad! Boy you guys have taken it to a whole new level. Let me ask you something. How does a 20 mile commute, that scientifically takes 15 minutes, ends up taking almost 2 hours? Really? Any longer and I would have had to end my bloodline by choking the living daylights of my love ones who have been bickering at each others throats the last hour. Haven’t your enginners down south ever heard of the word «CARPOOL…» No wonder everyone scrambles to get the hell out of Dodge before 3. LA, you can keep your 2 – 3 hour traffic… I’ll take my hour drive with a smile thank you. ;)

No carpool lanes!!!
Im on the 101 at least 8 times a week if not more.
The carpool lane from the 170 ends right when it connects to the 101.
Morning time before 8−9am its usually packed. After 11am the freeway opens.
This is my main route when driving down to LA or hollywood.
I take the 405 to the 101 when im going down to Encino, the beach, or Calabasas. The 101 Ventura is alwayssss packed all hours of the day. I usually exit Haskel to go down to ventura b/​c it would drive me nuts to drive down to the Hayvenhurst exit. (thats how packed it gets)
Anyway traffic is terrible especially after 3:30pm weekdays. If you have to be somewhere plan accordingly and give yourself some wiggle room by leaving the house earlier.
Happy travels!