Comment 96898

By notlloyd (registered) - website | Posted January 17, 2014 at 09:36:41 in reply to Comment 96859

I thought you thought I am lying or exaggerating. I am not. (That is pretty rude by the way.) If you think I am wrong, or worse lying, go out and try to drive north on Longwood at 8:20 - 8:40 Monday to Friday. Then try to drive south from King after 3:15.

I checked with my partner who alternates the task with me (actually does it more.) The routes were timed. From Aberdeen it is faster to drive west of Queen, East to Bay, North to King and West to Paradise. I thought that would take a lot longer and I haven't tried it yet, but if it is, that will solve my problem as silly as that route suggests. (I am sure the kids who go to school on Bay will like the extra traffic.) My partner has been driving that way for months now to save time. If I had know that I probably wouldn't have posted anything to save my integrity.

Kids who walk to school and employees who work in the buildings are mostly rush hour travelers as well. My guess is that a lot of the employees drive. Other than that though there is very little pedestrian traffic.

I would say Longwood is principally for vehicle traffic. It is certainly not your standard residential street. Kids do use it at the beginning and end of school but not a lot otherwise. And I doubt there would be any great reason for them to use it otherwise. I saw somewhere on the blog that 18000 cars travel down there a day. I do not know if that number is correct.

I am correct at least in that "tieing" up the traffic at Main has discouraged me and my partner from driving down there.

Tough crowd here.

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