$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aira', 'I')f I leave work during traditional busy times... like 5-6PM... the freeway is as crowded as it always is. But, if I need to leave late, 6:30 or later, traffic is so much better than it was when I've needed to stay late in the past.
I attribute it to less discretionary driving. The people on the roads between 5 and 6 are leaving work and will be on the road no matter what the price of gas is. By 6:30, most people are at home already. Instead of going out somewhere, they're staying home.
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by bobeau » Wed 20 Apr 2005, 19:24:17
Good point. I leave ~6-6:30. Traffic is pretty bad (15-20 mph) on my route up past 7, but not quite as bad as 5-6 (5-10 mph).
Just checking the traffic map now it looks as bad as one would expect. I'll check up every 15 minutes and report back when I get home.
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by Anjorni » Wed 20 Apr 2005, 20:29:38
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('NeoPeasant', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Grimnir', 'T')raffic hasn't slowed perceptibly, but the busses I ride sure have a lot more people in them these days!
I noticed that too. This morning when I got on, in addition to the mexican guy who's usually the lone passenger, there were two other people! Triple the usual number! Of course when I got on that figure went down to only double the usual number.
I noticed that three. Not only has the traffic on the 101 been better between Universal city and Downtown (approx 20 miles), the subway has been absolutely packed!
Moreover - when I take the train from the valley to downtown (approx 26 miles)(the beginning of this line starts in santa barbara (about a 1.5 hour drive)) it's standing room ONLY! I was shocked (well, not really) but when I started taking the train like 2.5 years ago, it was quiet, and a lot of room to stretch out. Once gas got over 2.00 a gallon (permanently) the train started filling up. The last 2 months with gas nearer to 2.50 a gallon, not only did the trains become sardine cans, but rates have gone up.
It was an eerie forboding when we saw the announcement, 7% this year, 5% next year, 10% the following year - quite disconcerting when the rail lines are already warning that the rates will be rising a guaranteed minimum each and every year...
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by dark-suzie » Wed 20 Apr 2005, 22:24:10
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jato', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'b')ut the last couple days in San Diego have been weird in the reduction.
In Escondido & Valley Center, there seems to be an ever increasing volume of cars on the road!
i used to live at the corner of washington and citrus.
and D4MN
escondido got alot of cars.
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