Traffic #%&@

[yanksfan6129]

Jeez, how do people get anywhere in Moscow?

[BigMattFromTexas]

Here is a huge traffic jam

[Truvelo]

It obviously wasn't taken with a DSLR camera with a $1600 lens attached

[Voyager]

Most people can't afford them.

[ComputerGuy]

Here's a taste of *light* traffic:



You can see the traffic goes back to the freeway..about 0.23 miles away. (btw, this is my pic from Wikimedia)

[Ian]

Here is a nice thing of traffic:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Iansignal/MassachusettsTrafficSignalsAndRoadSigns#5323964181335913858

I-90 east in Cambridge, MA approaching the Cambridge toll plaza.

[Truvelo]

Here's a picture I took 3 hours ago on the M25 beltway near London Heathrow. A truck carrying carpets caught fire. I was traveling in the opposite direction to the incident yet I still got stuck in one mile of congestion as people slowed down to rubberneck

[Chris]

One mile? You were lucky, rubbernecking jams can be over 10 miles long in the Netherlands  That happens when your road network is already 110% saturated...

[froggie]

Another rubbernecking example:  I hit a backup on I-95 heading home from Vermont yesterday, just south of MD 198.  For what was an already cleared-up accident on the Inner Loop (I-495/DC Beltway) several miles away.  On a segment of the Inner Loop I wasn't even going on (the accident was west of I-95, somewhere near Colesville Rd/US 29).  Total rubbernecking backup:  about 9-10 miles.

[ComputerGuy]

Last summer in LA I think...there was an earthquake that damaged SR 91 and we were stuck in the backup...maybe 10 mi!

[Alex]

Three weeks ago I noted back to back days where all eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 were blocked in Mobile. The first day involved something near the Wallace Tunnel and the second on the stretch of freeway between the I-65 on and off-ramps.

[Alex]

Memorial Day traffic hell:



This traffic back-up emanated from the George Wallace Tunnel westbound bottleneck. Returning to the area 90 minutes later, the congestion ahead sign flashed, but traffic flowed smoothly.



A nasty accident along Interstate 10 westbound blocked both lanes, with traffic barely getting by. A number of motorists braved the center median to turn around.

[Truvelo]

A number of motorists braved the center median to turn around.

Now I know why there's a lot of SUV's over there

[Chris]

You won't see that in Europe, nearly all freeways/motorways have a barrier or guardrail in the median, and both carriageways are not spaced that far apart.

[Truvelo]

You won't see that in Europe, nearly all freeways/motorways have a barrier or guardrail in the median, and both carriageways are not spaced that far apart.

There are a few locations in the UK that I know of where you can cross the median. Here if you look either side of the bridge there are gaps in between the barriers where it's possible to sneak through.

[njroadhorse]

Germany's traffic jams are baaaadddddd.  I got caught in one on the A-5 that was over 15 miles long with trucks hogging the entire right lane. 

[Chris]

Germany's traffic jams are baaaadddddd.  I got caught in one on the A-5 that was over 15 miles long with trucks hogging the entire right lane. 

My experience is that commuter traffic is not too bad, but you'll get the most delay at construction sites and accidents. Germans are not too shy to close down all lanes for hours when an accident happened.

[njroadhorse]

Germany's traffic jams are baaaadddddd.  I got caught in one on the A-5 that was over 15 miles long with trucks hogging the entire right lane. 

My experience is that commuter traffic is not too bad, but you'll get the most delay at construction sites and accidents. Germans are not too shy to close down all lanes for hours when an accident happened.

I think it was an accident that happened because this was about 1:00 in the afternoon on a Saturday, so there would be no commuter traffic.  I know that the A5 is tourist hot route between Frankfurt and Basel.

[SSOWorld]

I got stuck in traffic on I-80 EB southwest of Chicago on Monday - because of road construction.  The line was backed up for at least three miles.  A little patience, popcorn and soda were all I needed

[BigMattFromTexas]

Ive been in bad traffic in DFW, San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Ect

[Bryant5493]

26-May-09 (I-85 South, South Fulton County, GA)




Be well,

Bryant

[Bryant5493]

This traffic jam was a bit frustrating.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQX1bcSX2Dg

[Alex]

A monumental traffic back-up from the Bob Sikes Bridge toll plaza (CR 399?) at Pensacola beach leading north 6.3 friggin' miles!



U.S. 98 eastbound through Gulf Breeze was clogged, and much to my surprise, the back-up continued all the way to the beginning of the three-mile bridge over Pensacola Bay. Too bad for those heading east, that the back-up begun just after the point of no return!

[njroadhorse]

Just found this jam up shot on Route 99 in Massachusetts.  Oh the tale of two directions...

[mightyace]

Just found this jam up shot on Route 99 in Massachusetts.  Oh the tale of two directions...

I fixed your link so the picture showed.