How to Avoid an Obama Motorcade

President Obama will be in Los Angeles Wednesday and Thursday and the Los Angeles Police Department is advising residents to stay away from the following streets at the following times if they don't want to get caught up in a presidential traffic jam:

Wednesday July 23, 2014

• The area around La Brea Avenue and West Olympic Boulevard from 2-4 p.m.
• The area around Beverly Boulevard and North Doheny Drive from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• The area around West 3rd Street and Rossmore Avenue from 4-8 p.m. 
• The area around Beverly Boulevard and North Doheny Drive from 6-8 p.m.

NOTE: There will be hard street closures along Rimpau Boulevard between Edgewood Place and Olympic Boulevard, and Olympic Boulevard between Rimpau Boulevard and West Boulevard.  

The following bus stops will be affected:

BUS STOPS AFFECTED

BUS STOP: Olympic Boulevard / Rimpau Boulevard
ROUTES: MTA 28, 728 - 1-3 p.m.

BUS STOP: Fourth Street
ROUTES: MTA 16, 210 – 4-8 p.m.

Thursday July 24, 2014

• The area around Beverly Boulevard and North Doheny Drive from 4 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• The area around Sunset Boulevard and Mandeville Canyon Road from 9-11 a.m.
• The area around Sunset Boulevard and Barrington Avenue from 10 a.m. to noon 
• The area around Grand Avenue and West Washington Boulevard from 4 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• The area around Figueroa Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
• from 1-3 p.m.

NOTE: There will be hard street closures along West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard between Hoover Street and South Figueroa Street, Figueroa Street between Exposition Park Drive and West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and West Washington Boulevard between South Flower and Grand Avenue.  South Flower Street between West Washington Boulevard and West 23rd Street, South Grand Avenue between West Washington Boulevard and West 23rd Street will also be affected by hard
closures.

The following bus routes will be affected:

BUS STOPS AFFECTED

BUS STOP: Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
ROUTES: MTA 40 – 1-3 p.m.

BUS STOP: Figueroa Street
ROUTES: MTA 81 - 1-3 p.m.

BUS STOP: Washington Boulevard
ROUTES: MTA 35, 910 - 4 a.m. to 9 p.m.

BUS STOP: Flower Street
ROUTES: Montebello 50 - 4 a.m. to 9 p.m.

BUS STOP: Grand Avenue
ROUTES: Montebello 50 - 4 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Riders should contact the MTA for any alternate locations.

This information has been provided to the public with the approval of
the United States Secret Service, according to the LAPD.