Tom Bogard, director of the highway program for the Orange County Transportation Authority, looks out over the "Orange Crush", where the 22, 57, and 5 freeways converge in Orange County. In the next five years, Bogard and his counterparts in neighboring counties will collect information to coordinate projects to relieve freeway congestion, keeping them spaced apart and done mostly at night, so that commuters can avoid delays. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)