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As I pulled onto the road, I noticed that 14th was jam packed with cars, so I decided to forgo the "faster" route and head down to Denison and try my luck there. The traffic there was much better, although it was annoying to have to wait to (left) turn onto it with all of the other cars which had the same idea as I. I usually don't take Denison for a good reason. It is slow. During rush hour, it is painfully slow. The speed limit is only 50 (which really doesn't make that much of a difference with the drivers around here) but the big difference comes with the number of traffic lights on that tiny road: Seven. (14th only has three along the same stretch.) Since Denison is only a minor thruway, chances of hitting a red light are rather high. In fact, I ended up stopping at five of them. Man did it seem like a waste of energy (starting and stopping, starting and stopping, etc.) but I still think I made it home earlier than if I went with my normal route.
Hmm? You might think that the difference is smaller if I took into account all of the traffic lights that I come across during my voyage home rather than just that W-E chunk? Well, let me see.. during the normal route, I hit six traffic lights and three stop signs. The Denison route has.. eleven traffic lights and two stop signs. Oh yeah, big difference. Oh, and don't even get me started on the Steeles route. God knows how big that parking lot gets during rush hour.
Monday, March 19, 2001 at 23:49:31 (UTC)
[QYV], where do you work?
If you haven't moved and are coming from the west, you can also try McNicoll. Just be careful of all the people turning left. At Warden there is a left turn lane so you can stay there, but at any other intersection, either stay in the right lane or drive beside a gap so you can squeeze into the right lane. Traffic flows pretty smoothly there.
Although you would have to go more south than you might like....
SAucy