I mean, not to be the "Oh you have it so easy, let ME tell YOU what I'M dealing with over here" type, but: I would rejoice if my Atlanta commute involved that little traffic. I look at that photograph and think it looks like the interstates at 11:30 AM on a weekday, or 11:30 PM on a weekend.
Seattle, Washington is the city with the worst traffic in the United States, with an average of 43% of its roads showing heavy delays. Rounding out the top five cities after Seattle are Los Angeles (38%), Chicago (37%), San Francisco (35%) and New York (31%).
@1,3,4: Yeah, I have no idea what's up with this post. I-5 gets some pretty horrendous gridlock sometimes, but that picture doesn't demonstrate it all. Looks like smooth sailing in both directions as far as I can tell.
I think Grant's on a bender, but I still love him.
That traffic, for that section of I-5, is right about average. Every weekday it is bumper-to-bumper for the busiest half hour or so of each commute. Grant's just smoking crack this week.
Haven't you heard? Cities are now where rich white people are moving, suburbs are for the poor. ....so yeah, fuck 'em, I live in all white, rich, 'liberal' north Seattle.
People at the Stranger don't know anything about traffic because they don't drive. To Grant, this probably looks like some kind of traffic apocalypse, but for those of us who actually own cars, that picture looks pretty good, especially considering the rain.
Stick to your 10-block radius around the Stranger office, guys...it's all you know.
@17: Acceptability isn't even the issue. The issue is whether or not this is bad traffic, and it isn't. Not accepting the traffic just isn't an option if it's in your way.
Hey...I live in one of those apartments overlooking I-5 and that is not bad at all compared to how it usually is during rush hour. Grant, I'll email you a real winner this week.
I guess those of you that don't live in Seattle don't know any better. For those of you who do, and who drive on I5, you should be pretty familiar with what the start of rush hour backup looks like here. Notice the top right section of the photo in the Northbound lanes. That is the beginning of shitty traffic from that point South, which means that from that point North, it's already bad. It just isn't in the photo.
I was in L.A. last weekend. Drivers down there would shit their pants with glee if any of the freeways looked like that at 6 PM on a Wednesday. Makes you realize a) how lucky we are to not have L.A. traffic up here, and b) how important it is to improve transit/bike/ped systems around here so we DON'T end up having L.A. traffic here in 20 years.
I mean, not to be the "Oh you have it so easy, let ME tell YOU what I'M dealing with over here" type, but: I would rejoice if my Atlanta commute involved that little traffic. I look at that photograph and think it looks like the interstates at 11:30 AM on a weekday, or 11:30 PM on a weekend.
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Seattle, Washington is the city with the worst traffic in the United States, with an average of 43% of its roads showing heavy delays. Rounding out the top five cities after Seattle are Los Angeles (38%), Chicago (37%), San Francisco (35%) and New York (31%).
I think Grant's on a bender, but I still love him.
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Anyways, what is this traffic you car people speak of?
Stick to your 10-block radius around the Stranger office, guys...it's all you know.
Remember guys, Kent and Federal Way are the new ghetto!
Traffic is not bad in Seattle. If it was, I wouldn't drive.