Carmageddon 405

Carmageddon was not quite 'The Mother Of All Traffic Jams', and the 405 freeway opened ahead of schedule.

Los Angeles traffic may be the worst in America but Carmageddon promised to be a traffic apocalypse.  It was lighter than normal in Los Angeles all weekend as most motorists simply stayed home.

State, county and city officials are happy that motorists apparently understood the message to avoid Carmageddon by staying off the roads.  The Sepulveda Pass section of the always jam-packed 405 freeway, which connects West L.A. to the San Fernando Valley, is open and running smoothly.

An official command center, manned by Caltrans officials, operated in Downtown L.A. to monitor freeway chaos all weekend, using information from remote cameras, traffic volume sensors and CHP officers on the ground and in the skies over the city.

The California Department of Transportation worked in alliance with the California Highway Patrol, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Fire Department and Los Angeles Department of Transportation.

A job well done.