Construction in Front of LAX Terminal 4 Seriously Delaying AM Departure Traffic
Dec 18, 2012, 1:27 am
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Construction in Front of LAX Terminal 4 Seriously Delaying AM Departure Traffic
Went thru LAX this AM (17 December 2012 @ 6 AM). Our shuttle going around the departure level was seriously delayed due to what ended up beng a left lane closure in front of Terminal 4 (AA) so that the upper deck traffic was backed up back to Terminal 1.
While the ParkOne shuttle driver took the rightmost lane and/or curbside lane past Terminals 1 and 2 whereever he could, the slow/stopped traffic made what should have been a 5-10 minute cycle to get around the upper deck to Terminal 6/7 to something like 25+ minutes.
Traffic did finally clear in front of Terminal 5 just after the light. While I made it to my flight, others were hopping off the shuttle and running for it.
Just a heads up if you're running late @ LAX.
David
While the ParkOne shuttle driver took the rightmost lane and/or curbside lane past Terminals 1 and 2 whereever he could, the slow/stopped traffic made what should have been a 5-10 minute cycle to get around the upper deck to Terminal 6/7 to something like 25+ minutes.
Traffic did finally clear in front of Terminal 5 just after the light. While I made it to my flight, others were hopping off the shuttle and running for it.
Just a heads up if you're running late @ LAX.
David
Dec 18, 2012, 10:57 am
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Went thru LAX this AM (17 December 2012 @ 6 AM). Our shuttle going around the departure level was seriously delayed due to what ended up beng a left lane closure in front of Terminal 4 (AA) so that the upper deck traffic was backed up back to Terminal 1.
While the ParkOne shuttle driver took the rightmost lane and/or curbside lane past Terminals 1 and 2 whereever he could, the slow/stopped traffic made what should have been a 5-10 minute cycle to get around the upper deck to Terminal 6/7 to something like 25+ minutes.
Traffic did finally clear in front of Terminal 5 just after the light. While I made it to my flight, others were hopping off the shuttle and running for it.
Just a heads up if you're running late @ LAX.
David
While the ParkOne shuttle driver took the rightmost lane and/or curbside lane past Terminals 1 and 2 whereever he could, the slow/stopped traffic made what should have been a 5-10 minute cycle to get around the upper deck to Terminal 6/7 to something like 25+ minutes.
Traffic did finally clear in front of Terminal 5 just after the light. While I made it to my flight, others were hopping off the shuttle and running for it.
Just a heads up if you're running late @ LAX.
David
Dec 21, 2012, 1:58 am
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I was supposed to drop someone from work off earlier on Thursday late afternoon at LAX and had hoped to check on what was going on at that time - until my wife called and told me to get home since the designer was bringing drawings and feedback from the structural engineer. Ah well.
David
Dec 21, 2012, 11:41 am
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At the time we went by, not specifically. However, others who have gone through during the afternoon have reported bad backups on the upper deck even just trying to get into Terminal 1. Whether it is primarily holiday heavy or being really affected by the Terminal 3/Bradley International Terminal and all other construction remains to be seen.
I was supposed to drop someone from work off earlier on Thursday late afternoon at LAX and had hoped to check on what was going on at that time - until my wife called and told me to get home since the designer was bringing drawings and feedback from the structural engineer. Ah well.
David
I was supposed to drop someone from work off earlier on Thursday late afternoon at LAX and had hoped to check on what was going on at that time - until my wife called and told me to get home since the designer was bringing drawings and feedback from the structural engineer. Ah well.
David
Dec 21, 2012, 12:13 pm
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It might be sporadic but the last few times I went through, the upper deck had some slowness in front of TBIT. All the construction walls either has actually pushed people into a smaller space or just given that appearance. As we all know from nonsensical freeway bottlenecks, anything slightly of the norm seems to slow drivers down.