OFFICIAL I70 BITCH THREAD....

[sillyrabbit]

Millennials think they can save the world but all they do is consume.

To be fair the boomer's really started that trend.

[_curmudgeon_]

You know this thread right here made me come out of lurker status. It really delivers almost daily. Bravo to stfu&gbtw for keeping me entertained.

[Lindahl]

More seriously....

I wonder how computer driven cars will impact major clusterfucks like I70 in twenty or thirty years time once they become popularized and assuming they are designed well enough to handle shit conditions.

Even if I still have to get up at 6am -- sliding into my car, telling it to get me to drop me off at the gnar, and pick me up at 4. Drink beers and play with myself on the way home. Sounds a-Okay.

Computer controlled cars may actually accelerate up hills and maintain their speed on curves *gasp*

[Elkhound Odin]

But will they also sit in the left lane preventing passing for the sport oriented auto cars? Cause you know that will be an option by the manufactures.

[hatchgreenchile]

Anyone else notice the status board at Floyd Hill yesterday AM?
"Bright Sunshine- Expect Delays Ahead"
This is westbound I70

[concretejungle]

Anyone else notice the status board at Floyd Hill yesterday AM?
"Bright Sunshine- Expect Delays Ahead"
This is westbound I70

Gold. Pure Fucking Gold.

[Danno]

am I the only one who thinks that the cotrip.org website redesign blows hudge chunks?

[capulin overdrive]

Gold. Pure Fucking Gold.

Knew it, Bania is a maggot!

[JohnnyTyndall]

Does this problem even have a solution? I'm no traffic enginerd, but it seems like if you get enough cars on the road everything just goes to shit regardless, the flow just becomes unstable. Anybody got the number of cars going up and down 70 on a nice winter weekend?

[Name Redacted]

They should build up, not out. Build two levels. Train or traffic on top level. Lower level would be protected from weather. The problem is volume and weather, this solves both. During inclement weather, just route traffic to lower level, or heat the top level.

Or build a direct tunnel from Denver to GJ with large elevators to transport people to the surface. Rail and/or cars could take a direct route, no curves, or weather.

Of course this would require Breck to expand from Frisco to Quandary, BC and Vail would connect, as would LL, A-Basin, and Keystone. All right around the time Global warming really heats up and people will be skiing on grass and rocks.

[stfu&gbtw]

They should build up, not out. Build two levels. Train or traffic on top level. Lower level would be protected from weather. The problem is volume and weather, this solves both. During inclement weather, just route traffic to lower level, or heat the top level.

Or build a direct tunnel from Denver to GJ with large elevators to transport people to the surface. Rail and/or cars could take a direct route, no curves, or weather.

Of course this would require Breck to expand from Frisco to Quandary, BC and Vail would connect, as would LL, A-Basin, and Keystone. All right around the time Global warming really heats up and people will be skiing on grass and rocks.

Did you miss the requirement that the project will be completed in exchange for a Beau Jeau's pizza and a 6er of Colorado Native?

[galibier_numero_un]

am I the only one who thinks that the cotrip.org website redesign blows hudge chunks?

Might be the worst website ever, and the app sucks even more.

I'm just installed waze (phone app), as if it's going to tell me something I don't already know ... https://www.waze.com/

Cheers,
Thom

[Name Redacted]

Did you miss the requirement that the project will be completed in exchange for a Beau Jeau's pizza and a 6er of Colorado Native?

The Mole people will dig our tunnel for Pizza, but they prefer Tommyknocker ale.

[Elkhound Odin]

Anyone else notice the status board at Floyd Hill yesterday AM?
"Bright Sunshine- Expect Delays Ahead"
This is westbound I70

They had that posted both Sat & Sun.

[Danno]

Might be the worst website ever, and the app sucks even more.

I'm just installed waze (phone app), as if it's going to tell me something I don't already know ... https://www.waze.com/

Cheers,
Thom

The old website wasn't terrible. You could select your road and direction and see speeds/times for each small segment, and plan accordingly. Now, getting that info is next to impossible. It's as if they decided nobody wants detailed info, we all just want maps with general info.

I've emailed a complaint to them, maybe if other folks do too, they'll change it back.

Waze is useful, but not a substitute for the info cotrip had.

[RonMexico]

am I the only one who thinks that the cotrip.org website redesign blows hudge chunks?

You are not... The new map-based system is garbage. Same goes for the mobile version - I really miss when they just had the listed/color-coded speeds. Easiest way to see how much traffic there was in any given section.

[montanaskier]

FRM:cdot@service.govdelivery.com
MSG:Heavy I-70 EB Traffic Update - 60+ minutes extra travel time from Georgetown to Idaho Springs due to road work.

[summit]

Eastbound traffic has been terrible even during off hours due to them closing two and a half of the two and a half lanes from empire to twin tunnels and leaving you just enough shoulder so you are not
losing your side views our hitting cones.

[The SnowShow]

Anyone else notice the status board at Floyd Hill yesterday AM?
"Bright Sunshine- Expect Delays Ahead"
This is westbound I70

Same thing this morning...fucking idiots.

Yeah, EB traffic has been infuriating. They really need to reduce the highway to 3/4 of a lane to do their work?!

[WTF is dat]

The old website wasn't terrible. You could select your road and direction and see speeds/times for each small segment, and plan accordingly. Now, getting that info is next to impossible. It's as if they decided nobody wants detailed info, we all just want maps with general info.

I've emailed a complaint to them, maybe if other folks do too, they'll change it back.

Waze is useful, but not a substitute for the info cotrip had.

I have found that Google and Apple maps have surprisingly accurate traffic information

[The SnowShow]

I have found that Google and Apple maps have surprisingly accurate traffic information

Yep...all I use is gmaps w/real time traffic to help navigate around the madness.

[hatchgreenchile]

Same thing this morning...fucking idiots.

Yeah, EB traffic has been infuriating. They really need to reduce the highway to 3/4 of a lane to do their work?!

It's done in 5 days. Relax.

[The SnowShow]

It's done in 5 days. Relax.

Sorry, it's been a long 3+ years on that road. Hopefully it really will be done?

[Danno]

I have found that Google and Apple maps have surprisingly accurate traffic information

yes, they do. But the easily readable segment info was helpful for me when I'm up in Winter Park. I can keep an eye on the short 10 mile segment of I-70 that is bad, and see if it's getting worse or better. Google maps (from what I have seen) can predict drive times based on existing conditions but not trends. So it can't see if that stretch is getting worse or better and anticipate what it will be like in 45 minutes.

[goldengatestinx]

Anyone else notice the status board at Floyd Hill yesterday AM?
"Bright Sunshine- Expect Delays Ahead"
This is westbound I70

How many fucktards were slowing to read the sign...as you pass them you see their lips moving as they sounds out the words...

CDOT message signs are a fucking joke and menace to safety.