• Put monorail here - optionthis
  • primo idea! - brainylagirl
  • There is no way the highway, oil and auto lobbies would allow it! - pshisbey
  • BRT would be ideal! - EMBARQ
  • this stretch of the 405, btw Sepulveda and Venice Blvd, sucks BAWLS. - gsgeorge

Establishing Shot: The 405

Photo by Mrs. Newbie.

Nearly 15,000 views! This is I-405 on the west side. This is Los Angeles, without a doubt.

NOTE: I changed the rights to this photo. Please feel free to use it in your own publication or website with a credit back to this page, if possible.

In 2010 this photo is part of an exhibit at California Science Center. See how it looks on the museum's wall display. You can also see this photo in other places on the Internets:

* Immigration Impact
* Curbed LA
* How We Drive
* Buslog (in Japanese)
* The City Fix

Comments and faves

  1. ★

    stutefish, Ze Cali Fairy, KatieCharland, ~~ zorro ~~, and 70 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. brainylagirl (59 months ago | reply)

    egad. so glad i don't have to be on the 405 much anymore.

  3. jeremy! (59 months ago | reply)

    mmmm traffic.

    that should be made into poster format and slapped on every metrorail car the county owns

  4. ptaillon (59 months ago | reply)

    Gotta love that 405!

  5. stockholm cindy (56 months ago | reply)

    is there an "establishing shot" pool? there should be.

  6. chef_savila (56 months ago | reply)

    Ahhh I see this every morning!

  7. ~~ zorro ~~ (52 months ago | reply)

    When you repeat this scene on a massive scale worldwide - whether your view point is a peak oil perspective or concern about climate changing emissions the implications and corresponding urgent imperative for socio-cultural transition towards a sustainable version of the future is compelling.

    Please add your photo to our discussion group.

  8. indianhilbilly (49 months ago | reply)

    Hello,

    I am Nikhil. I'm a volunteer editor on Wikipedia. We were wondering if we could use this image on Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia. You would be given credit of course and a link to this site would be placed.

    You would have to change the license of this image to Creative Commons Attribution Sharealike. Unfortunately, Wikipedia does not accept non-commercial licenses. You can change the license by clicking "edit" next to All Rights Reserved and then clicking Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons.

    Many other Flickr users have had their works published in blogs, newspapers, and magazines this way. I can provide you some examples if you'd like.

    We hope you will help us improve Wikipedia since millions of people use it everyday. Your help will improve the articles on the site. Look forward to hearing from you.

    Thanks so much,
    Nikhil

  9. dreamtiger (48 months ago | reply)

    PlanetEye LogoYou may want to add your photo to the group PlanetEye - travel beyond words. A very small group of photographers are being invited and the best photos will be included in a new online travel guide.

  10. Atwater Village Newbie (48 months ago | reply)

    Will do. I just sent an email to join.

  11. gsgeorge (43 months ago | reply)

    beautiful stuff!

  12. KCET DOT ORG (41 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called SoCal Connected Flickr Pool, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  13. VolaVale (41 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called www.flickr.com/groups/70862732@N00/, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  14. Atwater Village Newbie (41 months ago | reply)

    Thanks I added it to the group. But wow about the name.

  15. martinae (41 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called interesting roadscapes, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  16. .Kayne. (39 months ago | reply)

    I praise this picture!
    ;)

  17. Freek Moog (39 months ago | reply)

    Why do you have not much comments on this picture?? It looks beautifull to see all the trafic. Maybe cause its a normal shot to see that much traffic in LA ?

  18. moondoggie71 (35 months ago | reply)

    Everyday, all day the 405 from the 10 to LAX is jammed except between 3 AM and 5 AM. This is a so typical it's unremarkable. Nice picture, though.

  19. Ari Lynn Day (29 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called City of Angels (Los Angeles, CA, USA), and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  20. NIELS AHA (28 months ago | reply)

    nice!

  21. Patricksmercy (26 months ago | reply)

    Was this during the rebuild of the freeway after the earthquake? What a mess!

  22. Deden Rukmana (25 months ago | reply)

    Thanks for sharing this. I may use this photo for my article in an Indonesian magazine, and if so, I will certainly give a credit to this page.

  23. EMBARQ (24 months ago | reply)

    Great image. We used it in a post about how building more roads often leads to more traffic (and less use of more sustainable transport options, like mass transit). Check it out:

    http://thecityfix.com/avoiding-environmental- disaster-through-sustainable-accessibility/

  24. This photo was invited and added to the I Love LA group.

  25. This photo was invited and added to the Internationale Staufotografie (International Traffic Jam) group.

  26. dlf-13 (15 months ago | reply)

    cool
    like movie shot

  27. intellichick (11 months ago | reply)

    Thanks for the great photo. Perfect for our ExperienceLA blog post - Are you ready for #Carmageddon? Check out our Car(Apocalypse) Survival Kit! bit.ly/qFBFqH

  28. EMBARQ (11 months ago | reply)

    Proving to be an ever-relevant image, we used it in another blog post - this time covering L.A.'s "Carmageddon" : thecityfix.com/blog/carmageddon-los-angeles-b races-for-tr... Thanks for sharing it with us yet again!

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