<p>That area of the 405 has always been a bottleneck since it reduces in the number of lanes. I used to gear my UCLA visits to try to hit the less congested times of going through that squeeze area (on northbound 405 from around Jefferson to 10 or Santa Monica blvd). They’ve been working on that stretch for at least 5 years. It actually got somewhat better around a year or so ago but is still a bottleneck. I’m glad they’re finally widening it more but that’s definitely a weekend to avoid the area.</p>