transportation

From those doing all the I-405 construction in the UCLA area comes this word: Reaching another milestone for the for the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project, Metro, Caltrans and contractor Kiewit Infrastructure West have opened a brand new, longer and safer “flyover” ramp at the Wilshire/I-405 interchange in Westwood.The southbound I-405 offramp to eastbound Wilshire Boulevard officially was open for its very first work-day rush-hour commute this morning (Monday, Sept. 23), and is a whopping 300 percent greater capacity than the previous off-ramp. The original ramp, built as part of the Wilshire Interchange in the mid-1950s, was only 1,330 feet….

A well-traveled but short section of Sepulveda Boulevard will be closed this weekend to accommodate work on the Sunset Boulevard interchange — part of the larger San Diego (405) Freeway carpool lane project.  Starting about 10 p.m. Friday, Sepulveda will be closed in both directions between Church Lane and Montana Avenue, according to Metro, which is overseeing the freeway construction. Sepulveda, often used as an alternative to the 405, is scheduled to be reopened by 5 a.m. Monday.  The work includes using heavy equipment to install of girders for the Sunset Boulevard off ramp from northbound freeway lanes… Full story…

… in this petty pace from day to day.   Actually, Macbeth, it is not the daythat will creep tomorrow and the next few days.  It is the traffic around UCLA that will creep due to students arriving in their dorms for the fall quarter.  From Facilities Management: What: Residence Halls Move In When: Thursday, September 19 through Sunday, September 22. 8 am to 10 pm daily.  Where: Residence Halls area Impacts: Over 10,000 students will be moving in, along with their belongings, over this 4 day period. The current one-way condition on De Neve Drive will be extended to include…

There is a construction project now approved for Wilshire between Federal and Bonsall west of the 405 involving adding a bus lane by widening the avenue.  This construction will begin once the current 405 construction over Wilshire ends.  (Bonsall is the street that runs through the Veterans’ home area.  Click on the image above for a better view.)  Exactly what happens going east from Bonsall is unclear in terms of any construction since once you get to the freeway overpass, further widening for the bus lane would not be possible. The lanes to be added west of Bonsall won’t subtract…

Busiest? How can they say that? But they do say it: http://centurycity.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/i405-remains-americas-busiest-freeway-study-finds_d9b9d466

For those night owls who work late at UCLA or are in the area, yet another 405 alert: A portion of the northbound 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass will be closed Saturday night for work on the Mulholland Bridge, authorities said. Beginning at 11 p.m., all northbound lanes will close from Getty Center Drive to Greenleaf Street/Ventura Boulevard. The connector ramp from the 101 Freeway to the northbound 405 will also close as will three lanes of the southbound 405 to provide a work buffer. All lanes of the roadway are expected to reopen at 9 a.m. Sunday… Full…

Good advice from Horace because of you’re traveling east on Wilshire and want to go north on the 405, you are soon to have problem.  And others will likely have a problem as those who want to go north shift to the Sunset Blvd. on ramp – or just get confused. See below:The eastbound Wilshire Boulevard on-ramp to northbound 405 Freeway will close for 90 days starting Thursday, Aug 22. Once rebuilt, the on-ramp will have nearly 300 percent greater capacity. It is the last extended ramp closure that will be required for the Wilshire Interchange, as well as the…

More difficulties coming for those who spend late hours at UCLA and use the 405 freeway: The I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements contractor will continue removing falsework on the Mulholland Bridge in the Sepulveda Pass on Saturday nights over the next two weekends. Metro says this will require full directional freeway closures from Valley Vista Drive to Skirball Center Drive between the hours of 11 p.m. until 9 a.m.  Saturday, Aug. 17: Full southbound freeway closure, from Valley Vista to Skirball, from 11 p.m. until 9 a.m. Northbound #1,2,3 lanes will be closed as a buffer. Closures start at 11 p.m….