Traffic #%&@

deathtopumpkins · January 26, 2009, 11:01:02 PM

Ooh, can we see that video? The last two times I drove over the Woodrow Wilson Bridge it was still under construction.

Alex · January 26, 2009, 11:02:13 PM

Sure, I can post it on youtube I suppose.

Alex · January 27, 2009, 01:21:18 AM

Woodrow Wilson Bridge eastbound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YPX13PS3mg

deathtopumpkins · January 27, 2009, 02:01:16 AM

Thanks for the video.

That highway has changed a lot in the last few years. The beltway didn't quite look like that last time I drove it.

Alex · January 27, 2009, 02:03:53 AM

Quote from: deathtopumpkins on January 27, 2009, 02:01:16 AM
Thanks for the video.

That highway has changed a lot in the last few years. The beltway didn't quite look like that last time I drove it.

I'm sure it still suffers from traffic hell, but its a nice improvement anyway. I suppose they are adding HOT lanes in another attempt to improve the Virginia portion of the road west of Interstate 395, but I have not taken that stretch since 2005.

Scott5114 · January 27, 2009, 06:42:09 AM

Quote from: voyager on January 24, 2009, 08:43:38 PM
Wow, I had no idea Washington D.C. had so many traffic problems.

It doesn't help that DC's DOT is so shoddy with the signage... it's one of only two places I've visited where I actually thought the signs were better back home!

(the other was New Mexico)

Voyager · January 28, 2009, 12:19:27 AM

Wish I had taken a picture of the I-80 traffic that starts in Cordelia.

aswnl · January 31, 2009, 11:04:07 AM

Typical Dutch traffic...

(The four pictures above were sent to me as candidates for the monthly roadphoto contest on Wegenforum.nl)

NB: just before I reached this gantry, 2 lanes were being closed.
Reason: an accident some half mile away. Duration to pass: 20 minutes...

Chris · January 31, 2009, 01:14:03 PM

Yeah, we really love those 4 lane perpetually congested freeways over here

haljackey · January 31, 2009, 07:16:45 PM

The 401 during rush hour:

corco · January 31, 2009, 07:52:36 PM

I discovered last May when driving from Idaho to Maine with friends that the best way to handle the 401 during rushhour is to use the collector-distributors the whole way. That highway is a nightmare

Alex · January 31, 2009, 08:14:23 PM

Interstate 85 northeast of Atlanta, though with this volume of traffic, it typically moves at 60+ mph until peak hours begin.

un1 · February 01, 2009, 10:55:57 AM

My favourite 401 traffic image:

haljackey · February 01, 2009, 03:20:46 PM

yeah and it always gets jammed in the narrow sections

(The collector and Express system join together here)

It still gets busy where the highway swells up.

Alex · February 02, 2009, 01:28:53 AM

I now can see why the 401 gets such notoriety! How far out do the Toronto suburbs stretch anyway?

Alex · February 02, 2009, 12:36:34 PM

And one rawr_apples might appreciate:

Interstate 84 eastbound, slow moving due to a mid-afternoon accident.

ComputerGuy · February 02, 2009, 12:56:48 PM

Where's Seattle traffic or the WA-520 floating bridge during rush hour?

Hellfighter · February 02, 2009, 01:57:40 PM

Interstate 96/275 at 9 Mile Road. Farmington Hills, MI

Chris · February 02, 2009, 02:04:54 PM

Whoa that's a large picture..

But the traffic seems to be moving at least. Not really fast, but it's not stationary.

Truvelo · February 13, 2009, 02:05:14 PM

This is the M25 beltway around London UK, unfortunately I didn't have my DSLR with me at the time so I had to use my cellphone.

And this is the M6 which is the only really decent north-south road along the northwest of England. An accident occurs on it every day which results in long delays. The congestion in this picture is caused by the evening rush hour.

Alex · February 13, 2009, 03:06:02 PM

Great photos, I always find it commical when VMS or permanent signs with yellow beacons indicate "congestion area" or "congestion ahead slow down", as if you needed a sign to remind you of what is so plainly obvious to your own eyes.

Chris · February 13, 2009, 03:08:00 PM

^^ Those are meant for securing the "tail" of a traffic jam, so people don't enter stationary traffic with 75 mph.

Alex · February 13, 2009, 03:10:26 PM

Again it should be obvious by the sea of brake lights. It would only be useful if the congestion was abrupt, which generally only happens during an accident situation.

aswnl · February 13, 2009, 03:32:36 PM

^^ That's proven wrong. The number of traffic jam tail accidents has dropped significantly on Dutch freeways with such a system, compared to those without. First warnings are nearly 1200m (3/4 mile) before the tail-end.

Truvelo · February 13, 2009, 03:38:10 PM

That's if the VMS is working properly. The ones in this country often display messages long after the incident is over. If it's saying QUEUE AFTER NEXT JCT do you leave at that junction and then rejoin further ahead to avoid the incident or do you stay on the motorway in the hope the message is spurious?

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