OFFICIAL I70 BITCH THREAD....

[simple]

What the fuck was up with Saturday morning? That was some of the worst traffic from Denver I have seen in a while.

Season just started. Gonna be that way until April.

[Danno]

How/why is the eastbound free flow time different than the westbound?

[adrenalated]

How/why is the eastbound free flow time different than the westbound?

Obviously there are hills in both directions, but my guess is the average speeds on the eastbound climbs to Vail Pass and the tunnel are slower than the climbs going west.

[fastfred]

What the fuck was up with Saturday morning? That was some of the worst traffic from Denver I have seen in a while.

yeah everyone in that disaster should be given a merit badge
pretty much from chief hosa to the tunnel with pockets of moving traffic super ugly

east bound at 6pm was just as humbling parking lot started 3/4 way up to the tunnel from silverthorne with metering that looked like it only let a couple of cars into the tunnel at a time
I can't belive people are ok sitting in traffic like that

on the other hand i'd like to thank the lexus and volvo I rode down the hill with saturday morning, it was lots of fun nascaring it, only went below 80 mph a few times when some dip shit clogged up the left lane, we passed many on the right and top out just over 90mph plenty of times, unfortunately the lexus pulled some winning moves right before twin tunnels and got ahead, I decided to use the toll lane to catch up, the volvo was too into rules and disapeared non the less plenty of texans and illinoise drivers were pretty irritated with us

[The SnowShow]

yeah everyone in that disaster should be given a merit badge
pretty much from chief hosa to the tunnel with pockets of moving traffic super ugly

east bound at 6pm was just as humbling parking lot started 3/4 way up to the tunnel from silverthorne with metering that looked like it only let a couple of cars into the tunnel at a time
I can't belive people are ok sitting in traffic like that

on the other hand i'd like to thank the lexus and volvo I rode down the hill with saturday morning, it was lots of fun nascaring it, only went below 80 mph a few times when some dip shit clogged up the left lane, we passed many on the right and top out just over 90mph plenty of times, unfortunately the lexus pulled some winning moves right before twin tunnels and got ahead, I decided to use the toll lane to catch up, the volvo was too into rules and disapeared non the less plenty of texans and illinoise drivers were pretty irritated with us

Yeah, I keep wondering when the weekend warriors who do that are just going to give up and go biking or hiking or something else. How anyone sits in traffic that bad every weekend to skid around on hardpack is beyond me.

[doebedoe]

Yeah, I keep wondering when the weekend warriors who do that are just going to give up and go biking or hiking or something else. How anyone sits in traffic that bad every weekend to skid around on hardpack is beyond me.

IDK. I'm a weekend warrior. I've got 20 days in this season. But this weekend was an obvious one to take off: lack of snow until sunday afternoon shit show, nice in Denver. Good weekend for house shit, and nabbing a 30mi brewery bike ride.

You can still do it find if you're a good planner. Skied NYD and didn't leave Denver until 7:30 with no traffic all the way to Loveland. Otherwise leave super early, or leave Denver at 11, ski 12-4, sleep in the van, do it again in the morning. People who love skiing find a way. People who only ski a bit are the ones getting the brunt of the fuck.

Yeah, it's not living in the mountains. But you all don't want us there anyhow.

[Danno]

How anyone sits in traffic that bad every weekend to skid around on hardpack is beyond me.

I don't think the same people sit in that traffic every weekend.

[hatchgreenchile]

I believe "Ban trucks!" is next on the rotation.

[Danno]

I believe "Ban trucks!" is next on the rotation.

Boat by the side of the road, WTF?

[simple]

Boat by the side of the road, WTF?

Don't jump ahead to April just yet.

This is the season to discuss front rangers and trucks without chains.

[fastfred]

I. People who only ski a bit are the ones getting the brunt of the fuck.

Yeah, it's not living in the mountains. But you all don't want us there anyhow.

pretty much we don't want you here, got that, we like your tourist dollars for sure, supports my life of being not much, but hey wait your a van guy? you people are the worst talk about cheap and not spending any real money around town, van people..........

and yeah punters are the ones getting the brunt of the fuck, right on, tm that cause I'm gonna start using it

[doebedoe]

.... but hey wait your a van guy? you people are the worst talk about cheap and not spending any real money around town, van people..........

Sleep in a van so I can spend all my money at local eats and drinks instead of spending it somewhere which jacks up real estate even more.

Though I suppose you would prefer that as a GC.

[The SnowShow]

There’s a service in Golden that builds custom vans for like 100k. Talk about throwing money away that could go towards real estate.

Not my money!

[doebedoe]

There’s a service in Golden that builds custom vans for like 100k. Talk about throwing money away that could go towards real estate. Not my money!

I love it.

In a few short years, the pimp adventure van market will crumble. My Astro will probably be pushing 240k by then and ready for replacing.

[The SnowShow]

I cannot believe how many trucks I see without chains. There should be enforcement. And a fucking third lane on any incline.

And around we go.

[adrenalated]

Can I bitch about I-270 here? I've been stuck behind a semi fire for over an hour because cdot/local pigs weren't allowing traffic to use the emergency turnaround to get off the road.

[Danno]

You could have just stopped at "270". That road is a dumpster fire at all hours of the day, every day.

[Name Redacted]

I used to commute 270, that road is terrible. But at least you get a nice view of commerce city, and you never quite get used to that stench.

[The SnowShow]

I love the view of the mountains behind the refineries and garbage fires.

[adrenalated]

Update: 2 hours 15 minutes to go 1 mile.

[Name Redacted]

I don't know what everyone is bitching about:
https://www.summitdaily.com/news/loc...t-was-in-2014/

[simple]

Update: 2 hours 15 minutes to go 1 mile.

Brutal. That is a lot of internet surfing in the car. Want to update us on what you learned about?

[smmokan]

I don't know what everyone is bitching about:
https://www.summitdaily.com/news/loc...t-was-in-2014/

I still find it hard to believe that the average peak drive time heading east bound on a Sunday is only 16 minutes longer than a "normal" drive otherwise. Tell that to the people stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic from Silverthorne to Idaho Springs.

[adrenalated]

Want to update us on what you learned about?

There is, in fact, a finite amount of pron on the internet.

[Danno]

I still find it hard to believe that the average peak drive time heading east bound on a Sunday is only 16 minutes longer than a "normal" drive otherwise. Tell that to the people stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic from Silverthorne to Idaho Springs.

Except that is a yearly average. So there are a lot of "normal" drive times averaged in there even if it is the "peak" of a Sunday (probably most/all of April/May, most of September, all of Oct/Nov, most of December). I also wonder how they calculate it when the road is closed; they probably just suspend it rather than add the closure time into the drive. So if you end up stuck in a 2 hour closure and it takes you 5 hours to get home, it probably only counts as 3 hours to get home in their calc.