Commute from Westlake village to Huntington beach (Los Angeles, Thousand Oaks: home, construction)

[Tcoats]

Is a commute from Westlake Village to huntington Beach feasible? Or a relo required? With flex hours, can it work?

[EscapeCalifornia]

If you can be on the road by 5am, you'll be OK in the morning. The drive home will still suck though.

[Count David]

The first words that came to my mind were "good god".

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Tcoats

Is a commute from Westlake Village to huntington Beach feasible? Or a relo required? With flex hours, can it work?

I did it, Thousand Oaks at Westlake and Arboles (Lang Ranch) to Bolsa and the 405 for about six months in late 2004. I left at 5AM and went 72 miles in 65 minutes. Got there, went to the gym, worked six hours 7-1 drove home, took about 90 minutes (but there was construction on the 405 near LAX then so it was worse then), and then telecommuted for two hours when I got home.

Right now the 405 northbound is bad after 2PM through west LA every day of the week, starting around the 90 and easying up once you pass Moraga - and this is maybe 3PM or so.

So, even with a 6-230 flexed schedule you'll hit the LAX area round 3PM and it will be bad starting around the 90.

[US-Traveller]

That commute is horrendous. I would definitely relocate. Many folks in Southern California are making those long commutes though. Think if you had commute from Murrieta or Temecula to Downtown Los Angeles.

[Count David]

Originally Posted by US-Traveller

Think if you had commute from Murrieta or Temecula to Downtown Los Angeles.

The thing is, nobody has to. It's a choice.

[JohnG72]

Originally Posted by Charles

I did it, Thousand Oaks at Westlake and Arboles (Lang Ranch) to Bolsa and the 405 for about six months in late 2004. I left at 5AM and went 72 miles in 65 minutes. Got there, went to the gym, worked six hours 7-1 drove home, took about 90 minutes (but there was construction on the 405 near LAX then so it was worse then), and then telecommuted for two hours when I got home.

Right now the 405 northbound is bad after 2PM through west LA every day of the week, starting around the 90 and easying up once you pass Moraga - and this is maybe 3PM or so.

So, even with a 6-230 flexed schedule you'll hit the LAX area round 3PM and it will be bad starting around the 90.

I find the 405 to be totally undoable.

I've been driving HB up to Van Nuys several times a week during the past 3 months, and HB to Westchester a few times as well. I've been tending to leave HB by 2:30PM at the latest. The 405 starts to get messed up around that time, with the worst area going into the 10 fwy. OTOH, sometimes the 5 north is ok out of the 605, and when its not, I just hit the 91 West to the 710 North to the 10 east and either the 5 or 101 norht with the only slowdown being about a mile into the 110.

Point is OP, IF he leaves at the very right times AND has a GPS that shows traffic, is looking at around an hour and 15 minute daily commute.

[Twinkle Toes]

Originally Posted by US-Traveller

That commute is horrendous. I would definitely relocate. Many folks in Southern California are making those long commutes though. Think if you had commute from Murrieta or Temecula to Downtown Los Angeles.

Or La Quinta to downtown LA! Fortunately it's only 3 days a week.

[silverkris]

Horrors! I don't know how someone can spend all that time on the road. Over time it will sap one's energy.

Relocate if you can, or find flex hours.