![]() On prime holiday weekends, go an hour earlier. We leave at 6am for SF to LA trips and 5am for LA to SF trips. You must follow two simple rules to avoid an 8-10 hour trip. ![]() If you have more than two people traveling, driving will always be hundreds of dollars less expensive than flying – especially with today’s low gasoline prices.īut don’t think you can just waltz out to your car with your kids and your bags and get up or down the state in 6-7 hours. We drive SF-LA door-to-door in 6 to 7 hours, depending on where we start and end in each metro area, which makes the few hours saved by flying amazingly costly. When you factor in the time it takes to get to the airport, clear security, check-in, fly, and take ground transportation to your destination – which typically necessitates renting a car – you’re talking, best case, a 4-5 hour “flight time.” But the 400ish-mile-distance between the two cities means it takes almost as much time to fly as it does to drive. If you’re dreading a road trip down (or up) the state, don’t worry: There are several things you can do to make the trip fast and easy.įirst, you have to accept the fact that the fastest way to get between SF and LA is to drive “The 5.” Complainers say the famous Central Valley artery is unattractive and takes forever. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.Having lived the first half of my life in Los Angeles and the second half in San Francisco, I have driven back and forth between the two cities about a thousand times – often on my own and often with kids in the back seat. "Just know that it's going to take a little bit longer."Īs for those traditional red-and-white taillights, he said, "We'll see the candy-cane freeways of Southern California for sure." "This is the first time that so many people are going to connect with their loved ones, and everyone's looking forward to the next few days of good food and good friends and good family," he said. Patience and courtesy will also make a big difference on the road, Shupe said. The auto club noted that prices among stations can differ by as much as a dollar a gallon. The county's record high, $4.705, was set in 2012. In Los Angeles County, gas prices Tuesday were nearing record levels at $4.704 per gallon. A gallon of regular unleaded on Tuesday was averaging $4.705 in California - just one-tenth of a cent below the state's all-time high set Monday. ![]() Wednesday is slated to be the highest point, when more than 19,000 travelers are expected.īut much of the headache remains on the road, as most drivers will notice soaring gas prices in addition to traffic. Ontario International Airport in San Bernardino also anticipates high numbers, officials said. Smaller regional airports are also preparing for an increased volume of passengers, with officials at Long Beach Airport projecting passenger numbers five times greater than in 2020 - though still not quite back to 2019 levels. “That’s still not pre-pandemic level, but it’s definitely the busiest we’ve been since early 2020,” he said. The Sunday after Thanksgiving is likely to be the airport's busiest day, with a projected 175,000 passengers passing through, LAX spokesman Heath Montgomery said last week. That is double the number from last year but still 1 million fewer than in 2019. Officials at Los Angeles International Airport estimated that 2 million passengers will travel through the terminals during the two-week Thanksgiving holiday period, Nov. ![]() Meanwhile, those looking to fly to their feasts also will be met with long lines and gridlock as air travel is expected to soar this Thanksgiving. Those looking to avoid the rush can also wait until Thanksgiving morning, if schedules allow, when roads are typically clearer. "It's going to progressively get more and more crowded," he said, adding that there will also be some "pretty good congestion" Tuesday night.Įxperts at the transportation analytics company Inrix said the busiest local highway segment will be the southbound 5 Freeway from Colorado Street in the Griffith Park neighborhood to Florence Avenue in Downey, where traffic is expected to soar to 385% above normal levels Wednesday afternoon and evening.Īll outbound freeways are likely to be congested Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, the analytics firm added, so drivers should plan to leave early and prepare for longer travel times. Wednesday, auto club spokesman Doug Shupe said. Los Angeles will really start to feel the crunch after 3 p.m. as commuters leaving work join holiday travelers on the road, the auto club said. Major metro areas will face the heaviest congestion on Wednesday from 1:30 to 6 p.m. ![]() However, not all peak travel times are created equal. ![]()
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