Traffic Alert for Downtown Los Angeles on May 1st

Title: Traffic Alert for Thursday, May 1
The story: Traffic Alert – Street Closures

Labor and Immigration Marches and Rally
Thursday, May 1, 2008


There are three marches taking place on Thursday, May 1, which will all come together at Broadway and 5th and continue north to a rally area on Broadway (between 1st and Temple).

The first march will assemble at 11 a.m. at Park View Street/Mac Arthur Park and is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. with an estimated 5,000 to 10,000 participants. The crowd will travel east along 7th to Figueroa, go north on Figueroa to 5th, make a right on 5th, continue east to Broadway, and make a left turn onto northbound Broadway.

The second and third marches will assemble at 11 a.m. and are scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. at Olympic and Broadway. Participants will walk northbound on Broadway to the rally point between 1st and Temple.

The rally is expected to last several hours with an estimated end time of 8 p.m.

Overall Crowd Expectancy: 100,000+

Street Closures:

10:30 a.m.
Broadway between 9th and Olympic
Olympic between Main and Hill

1:30 p.m.
March route to be closed

Traffic disruptions are expected throughout the downtown area, so please plan accordingly. Additional information and maps can be found by visiting http://trafficinfo.lacity.org/MayDay/


SOURCE: Los Angeles Times