mmarshall

I don't live there, but I know there were some freeway bridge/ramp collapses during the big Torrence quake of 1994. I remember seeing pictures of them.

whoster

the 94 quake was in Northridge.

They fell in '94, and haven't fallen yet (but there hasn't been a "BIG ONE"), but he mentioned immediate dangers--like the overpasses are shaky due to faulty construction...

mmarshall

Thanks.....You're right. Typo on my part.....I had remembered it as Torrence. But I definitely remember scenes of collapsed bridges and ramps.

CK6Speed

iTrader: (1)

How is it once you get on the freeway though? Metro and city surface streets are an entirely different animal. I'm talking about the freeway system. If Hawaii and Alaska are ever included in traffic studies, it shows we fare much better in total time wasted in traffic than other major cities. We are a little less than half the time spent in traffic compared to California's average hours/year. That sounds really good, but we also travel roughly half the average distance to commute to work as well. California generally tops the nation for the worse traffic, but what I was saying in my first posts is the freeway system seems to move cars at a faster average pace during traffic time which makes it less stressful too me at least than the slower stop and go that I experience on our freeway system even if its a shorter distance than what I cover when I'm in California. Because I'm on vacation when I'm in California, we often drive from city to city to visit friends and family. I've been in the traffic hour mess between LA and San Diego and backwards many times. You can cover 125 miles in 4-5 hours in traffic. Even if it took 6 hours that still over 20 miles traveled in an hour.