This evening, at 7 p.m. (PST), a ten-mile stretch of Los Angeles’s Interstate 405 — the nation’s busiest stretch of road — will close down until Monday morning. Bracing for the worst, Los Angelans are labeling the temporary shutdown “Carmageddon.”
Driving is declining and ridership on public transportation is up. Could it be that the conventional wisdom that Americans always prefer to drive is changing? Writer Matt Dellinger examines the idea.
