Traffic: Protest light?

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Is traffic actually better this morning?

Downtown streets clearly have less traffic than normal, with some commuters heeding the warnings of city officials to avoid the city center if possible. The Times’ Beth Shuster reports it took her 18 minutes to get down the 101 Freeway from Studio City to downtown -- a likely weekday record for her. The Times’ Shirley Bermudez said her commute to downtown from Whittier -- normally 45 minutes -- took 30 minutes.