I grew up in LA and drove taxi... just looking at the 60/(91/215), it looks pretty standard and not that different from the 10/215, but I don't think I've ever

I grew up in LA and drove taxi... just looking at the 60/(91/215), it looks pretty standard and not that different from the 10/215, but I don't think I've ever taken that exit from the 60. As enormous as SoCal freeway interchanges are, I've come to appreciate their design compared to the roads where I live now in Portland, OR. Every on- and off-ramp in Portland feels like it was tacked on or squeezed in, in the worst possible way. Moreover, the marking of exits is confusing and far too late. For out-of-town drivers it's almost impossible to don't know which side of a freeway will actually keep you on the freeway until you get to a sign, by which time you've already passed a mile of stopped cars in the lane you need to be in. The 26/405 junction heading east on 26, for example, splits the 3-lane highway into 3 exits, only one of which connects to the 405 and later splits into north and south (the other two connect to surface streets). This creates a condition where the center lane is moving fast between two lines of stopped cars, some of whom are anxiously realizing they're in the wrong lane and need to dive into the center, while some people in the center hit the brakes when they realize they need to dive into the stopped cars left or right.