Thanksgiving travel patterns

[deathtopumpkins]

I've found the opposite to be the case on Black Fridays - while parking lots fill up, people just park elsewhere and walk, and traffic never backs up. This past year I drove around to several different stores all around Hampton Roads and found traffic to be lighter than it usually would be, with hardly anyone at all on the road at 4 AM.

Though those were suburban strip malls, which tend to have way more parking than needed anyway, a problem Virginia does not share with Massachusetts, that I am sure I will experience next week.

[thenetwork]

How is the traffic on I-80, I-76, and I-70 mainly?
Also, do the passes in the Rockies already have snow?

You are probably going to be better off going from Denver -> Park City via I-25 & I-80.  Westbound traffic on I-70 from Denver to Vail is gonna be heavy Wednesday thru Friday due to several of the ski resorts opening by Thanksgiving Weekend and any chances for snow will just complicate the matter.

And while there is snow in the passes (Vail Pass & the Continental Divide/Eisenhower Tunnel) already, CDOT does a pretty good job at quickly clearing up much of it after significant snowfalls.  If US-6 is closed over Loveland Pass, then the Eisenhower Tunnels close at the top of every hour to general traffic so as to let Hazardous Loads (and vehicles normally prohibited in the tunnel) pass through on their own, though "escorted".  That could also add to the "fun" of driving in ski traffic on I-70.

CDOT also does a good job on traffic & weather reports statewide via 5-1-1 on your cellphone while in Colorado. 

[NE2]

If US-6 is closed over Loveland Pass, then the Eisenhower Tunnels close at the top of every hour to general traffic so as to let Hazardous Loads (and vehicles normally prohibited in the tunnel) pass through on their own, though "escorted".

Does this include bikes and peds?

[hobsini2]

How is the traffic on I-80, I-76, and I-70 mainly?
Also, do the passes in the Rockies already have snow?

You are probably going to be better off going from Denver -> Park City via I-25 & I-80.  Westbound traffic on I-70 from Denver to Vail is gonna be heavy Wednesday thru Friday due to several of the ski resorts opening by Thanksgiving Weekend and any chances for snow will just complicate the matter.

And while there is snow in the passes (Vail Pass & the Continental Divide/Eisenhower Tunnel) already, CDOT does a pretty good job at quickly clearing up much of it after significant snowfalls.  If US-6 is closed over Loveland Pass, then the Eisenhower Tunnels close at the top of every hour to general traffic so as to let Hazardous Loads (and vehicles normally prohibited in the tunnel) pass through on their own, though "escorted".  That could also add to the "fun" of driving in ski traffic on I-70.

CDOT also does a good job on traffic & weather reports statewide via 5-1-1 on your cellphone while in Colorado. 

Actually the day that i am driving thru Denver to Park City is Thanksgiving day itself. If it anything like around here, traffic is really light on that day.

[Zmapper]

If US-6 is closed over Loveland Pass, then the Eisenhower Tunnels close at the top of every hour to general traffic so as to let Hazardous Loads (and vehicles normally prohibited in the tunnel) pass through on their own, though "escorted".

Does this include bikes and peds?

No, but when it is 20 degrees outside and the wind is blowing hard, exactly how many people are going to be out on their bikes charging up a steep hill? We have something called mountains, along with something called snow. For as cyclist friendly as I am, even I think there is a fine line between reasonable accommodation and blatant absurdity. It just might do you some good to get out of Florida more often.