Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Koreatown to Sylmar
Right now (3:20 pm PST): about 30 minutes via I-5 North and US-101 North and SR-170 North, usually 46 at this time.
Only 1% 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 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 33 | 32 | 41 | 36 | 31 | 26 | 26 |
| Tue | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 41 | 49 | 45 | 41 | 26 | 26 |
| Wed | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 33 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 42 | 49 | 49 | 43 | 33 | 26 | 25 |
| Thu | 25 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 49 | 92 | 72 | 51 | 40 | 32 | 26 |
| Fri | 25 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 38 | 41 | 100 | 92 | 78 | 57 | 42 | 33 | 27 |
| Sat | 27 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 36 | 37 | 40 | 41 | 50 | 54 | 63 | 38 | 33 | 32 | 27 |
| Sun | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 29 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 26-mile drive from Koreatown to Sylmar (via I-5 North and US-101 North and SR-170 North) usually takes as little as 25 minutes and up to 100 minutes, when leaving around 3 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 31 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4:30 pm on Saturdays (69 minutes).
About 22 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 4 miles surface streets (6 to 19 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Koreatown to central Sylmar 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 Koreatown to Sylmar?
On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 25 minutes then, versus up to 100 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Koreatown to Sylmar?
The 26-mile drive usually takes 25 to 100 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 31 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Koreatown to Sylmar?
Leaving around 3 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 100 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-5 North in Los Angeles (9 miles) · US-101 North in Los Angeles (7 miles) · SR-170 North in Los Angeles (6 miles) · I-210 East in Los Angeles (1.4 miles)
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