Transportation
L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti 'Slow Jams' a Freeway Closure, and It's Pretty Great
“The 101 Freeway east of downtown will take a break for 40 hours of R&R ... and R&B.”
Demolition begins in earnest this weekend to remove L.A.’s famed Sixth Street Viaduct, forcing a 40-hour closure on a section of the 101 Freeway east of downtown. How is Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti helping city residents prepare for the possibility of seriously slow-moving traffic in the area? With a … slow jam.
Yes, Garcetti teamed up with students from the Theodore Roosevelt High School Jazz Band to film a music video in the vein of those "Slow Jam the News" segments on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. And it’s not bad! Mostly, Garcetti comes across as a self-aware dad slightly embarrassing himself in the name of teaching valuable a lesson.