My jaw is still hanging open. How is this possible? When I lived in So. Cal. and worked in L.A. a good day was still a 1 hr. drive to get to my desk. I can’t imagine clear sailing on the 10, much less the other phenomena that you’ve described.

No traffic in LA? Sounds like your cashing in all of that good karma.

Have you ever driven through the garment district after 10 pm on a weekday evening? I did that once while trying to find the Chinese theater for my wife. It’s hard to imagine any part of LA without people and cars.

I have noticed the same lack of traffic in Houston TX lately. At first, I thought people were out of town on vacation after school was out for the summer. However, the lack of traffic has lingered, and after reading Bing’s note, I suspect that people are just not driving as much due to high gas prices.

Obviously your rented gas hog will incur an overage charge as you have now jinxed yourself and every other LA driver. The traffic gods of LA do not smile upon those who mock them…of course they will now cause you to forget your blackberry charger in your hotel room, break the A/C in your rental hog prior to your commute and now double your commute back to the airport to three hours…please let your LA readers know what day this will be so that we can plan our four hour commutes to Starbucks ahead of time.

I had the same experience yesterday on the 405 freeway. My typical drive home to the South Bay from the Westside is an hour. It took me only 25 minutes. It was quite odd. No complaints from me until i have to go to the gas pump. But life is great with a 20 minute commute home.

In my opinion, the mystic apocalypse we’re falling deeper into is the “UNDERWORLD ECONOMY”.

More people may be working at home, but not legitamately, probably under the table.

The “BIBLE” portrays “SATAN” as chivalrously sinister: thugs being nice to an old lady on the subway?

Reduced overhead in the underworld economy follows: no SS tax, no witholding tax, no commuting, no rules, no boss, and casual dress; meanwhile, suck up unemployment, food stamps, and other public benefits offered.

End of the world? Maybe?

Lack of traffic is an indication that most people used to take trips they didn’t have to take in the first place.
The high cost of gas is finally smartening up people to the realities. Long over due medicine to oil addicted junkies.
We all have to get smarter when it comes to energy or end up sitting at home in the dark.

“No traffic in L.A.” … there’s a string of words that I didn’t think I would ever see.

Someone check Revelations, just in case.

Still plenty of traffic in Boston . . .

My husband and I have noticed the same lack of traffic. A drive that normally took 35 minutes on a Sunday evening took 12. We returned from Laguna Beach Saturday evening (usually an hour and a half at that time) in exactly one hour. Amazing. Just like the “old days”

More and more people are working from home for more number of days per week. I have observed this in New Jersey area that the roads are less congested. I am sure many bosses woulod allow people working from when gasoline is selling for more that $4 per gallon. But let me add one more comment. High Gasoline prices and commodities prices is a bubble just like dot com bubble. May be few more months before it bursts.