I've lived here all my life and notice the same thing. It probably has a lot to do with this: http://www.travelandleisure.com/airl...siest-airports

It's a staggering figure - third busiest airport in the world, 83,000,000 passengers last year. And, there's the usual figure that goes along with it of LAX being the busiest O&D airport in the world coupled with the fact that every single one of those passengers arrives and departs the airport in some motor vehicle conveyance. There is not one train/trolley/monorail/etc that moves passengers into and out of LAX off the road. Consider that a huge number of Atlanta's numbers come from Delta passengers transiting and they never leave the airport. Beijing has a train for access, which alleviates some of the motor traffic. Then, you have LAX - everyone arrives in a vehicle on the roadway with rubber tires.

Until something is built, we continue to grapple with the gridlock.