Russell Houghten, the mastermind behind the video, came up with the idea when he first moved to Los Angeles. Traffic has always been a big issue in L.A., so Russell just wanted to create a video that allowed users to visualize the city traffic-less.
The video highlights some of L.A.'s busiest areas, and turns them virtually into a ghost town. From the Walt Disney Concert Hall...
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To an overpass above the 110 freeway...
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To the entrance to one of the nation's busiest freeways...
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It's pretty safe to say that Russell did a helluva job turning L.A. into a city that we've never seen before.
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