Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Lancaster to Van Nuys
Right now (7:18 pm PDT): about 66 minutes via SR-14 South, usually 67 at this time.
Only 15% 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 | 70 | 86 | 80 | 72 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 63 | 63 | 63 |
| Tue | 82 | 89 | 87 | 82 | 69 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 64 | 65 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 64 |
| Wed | 97 | 67 | 65 | 67 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 63 | 64 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 63 | 63 |
| Thu | 109 | 99 | 89 | 68 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 65 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 63 | 63 | 65 | 63 |
| Fri | 67 | 70 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 63 | 65 | 62 |
| Sat | 63 | 65 | 65 | 64 | 65 | 64 | 64 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 63 | 64 | 63 |
| Sun | 62 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 66 | 63 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 62-mile drive from Lancaster to Van Nuys (via SR-14 South) usually takes as little as 62 minutes and up to 116 minutes, when leaving around 5:30 am on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are after 9 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 65 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 6:30 pm on Sundays (67 minutes).
About 48 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 14 miles surface streets (about 13 minutes), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Lancaster to central Van Nuys 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 Lancaster to Van Nuys?
On weekdays, leave after 9 am. The drive usually takes about 62 minutes then, versus up to 116 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Lancaster to Van Nuys?
The 62-mile drive usually takes 62 to 116 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 65 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Lancaster to Van Nuys?
Leaving around 5:30 am on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 116 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
SR-14 South in Los Angeles (37 miles) · I-405 South in Los Angeles (7 miles) · I-5 South in Los Angeles (3 miles)
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