Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Gardena to Norwalk
Right now (5:49 pm PDT): about 23 minutes via SR-91 East, usually 20 at this time.
Only 28% of this drive is measured by working traffic sensors right now. The rest is estimated from nearby sensors, typical speeds and street traffic, so times can be off. Why so few sensors work.
Typical drive time by departure time
| Leave | 5am | 6am | 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 18 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 25 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
| Tue | 18 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 26 | 36 | 42 | 44 | 34 | 22 | 19 | 18 |
| Wed | 18 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 26 | 37 | 41 | 44 | 37 | 24 | 19 | 18 |
| Thu | 18 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 35 | 23 | 20 | 19 |
| Fri | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 33 | 41 | 41 | 39 | 31 | 23 | 19 | 18 |
| Sat | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
| Sun | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 17-mile drive from Gardena to Norwalk (via SR-91 East) usually takes as little as 18 minutes and up to 44 minutes, when leaving around 5 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 7 am or after 8 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 23 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2:30 pm on Saturdays (22 minutes).
About 12 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 5 miles surface streets (8 to 16 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Gardena to central Norwalk along the route on the map. Starting or ending elsewhere in a big city can add or save several minutes.
Simulated from typical freeway speeds at each point of the drive for the time you would reach it, from every 5-minute reading we have recorded. We don't have sensors on surface streets yet, so the time on them is estimated from how congested the freeways around each end of the drive are at that time, in both directions: streets jam when the freeways do.
Questions
What is the best time to drive from Gardena to Norwalk?
On weekdays, leave before 7 am or after 8 pm. The drive usually takes about 18 minutes then, versus up to 44 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Gardena to Norwalk?
The 17-mile drive usually takes 18 to 44 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 23 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Gardena to Norwalk?
Leaving around 5 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 44 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
SR-91 East in Los Angeles (11 miles) · SR-91 East in Orange County (1.3 miles)
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