Comments on: Traffic and Algorithms in Seattle http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/09/16/traffic-and-algorithms-in-seattle/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 23 May 2012 16:17:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mike Lindblom http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/09/16/traffic-and-algorithms-in-seattle/#comment-18549 Mike Lindblom Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:12:52 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1639#comment-18549 Interesting stuff -- but I drive NB Interstate 5 frequently, and for years there have ALWAYS been mid-day slowdowns there on Sunday, both before and after ATM. Traffic is sometimes slightly faster with the ATMs, but nowhere near the 40 mph on the signs. If we actually could go 40 mph through there, it would be cause for a festival. Cheers, Mike Lindblom, Seattle Times transportation writer Interesting stuff — but I drive NB Interstate 5 frequently, and for years there have ALWAYS been mid-day slowdowns there on Sunday, both before and after ATM.
Traffic is sometimes slightly faster with the ATMs, but nowhere near the 40 mph on the signs. If we actually could go 40 mph through there, it would be cause for a festival.
Cheers, Mike Lindblom, Seattle Times transportation writer

]]> By: Carmen http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/09/16/traffic-and-algorithms-in-seattle/#comment-17763 Carmen Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:17:21 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1639#comment-17763 I dunno, I lived in Seattle for 10 years, and worked in Redmond (on the other side of the SR-520 (It's not remotely an I). If you ask anyone in the area who deals with Seattle traffic as a commuter where you need this kind of measure, they'd pick I-5 through downtown, and SR-520 from around the I-405 interchange to the floating bridge. As someone who grew up driving in NJ/NY traffic, those two stretches of road drove me batty for 10 years in a way nothing here ever has. I have to admit I am curious what things will be like the next time I get back and have to drive that... I dunno, I lived in Seattle for 10 years, and worked in Redmond (on the other side of the SR-520 (It’s not remotely an I). If you ask anyone in the area who deals with Seattle traffic as a commuter where you need this kind of measure, they’d pick I-5 through downtown, and SR-520 from around the I-405 interchange to the floating bridge. As someone who grew up driving in NJ/NY traffic, those two stretches of road drove me batty for 10 years in a way nothing here ever has.

I have to admit I am curious what things will be like the next time I get back and have to drive that…

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