Heavy Thanksgiving traffic backs up Los Angeles freeway

The Independent

It appears many in Los Angeles are looking to get an early start to their holiday travel. Video from SkyFOX on Tuesday night showed freeways completely jammed. According to AAA, peak travel congestion in LA could happen Wednesday afternoon where drivers could see an 88% increase in their estimated travel time.

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00:00 Well, it appears a lot of folks in LA are trying to get an early start.

00:03 Look at this, would you?

00:04 Look at that traffic.

00:06 And you think the 10 is bad for us.

00:08 I'm sorry, I swear.

00:10 I think this is what the 101 yesterday looked like at 2.30.

00:13 It was jam-packed.

00:14 That almost looks like a--

00:15 Scottsdale Road, it was so busy.

00:16 It looks like a Christmas display.

00:18 That's bad.

00:18 You know, they refuse to build more freeways over it.

00:21 At least we try to keep up with the population.

00:23 They need, like, double-decker freeways.

00:25 Yeah, probably so.

00:26 But yeah, the 101 is a classic.

00:29 And just shows kind of the ineptitude in LA

00:32 of trying to deal with traffic.

00:34 The government, obviously, kind of letting commuters down there.

00:38 This is what it was looking like last night,

00:40 and could look like a lot over the holidays.

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