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Melinda

10-16-2006, 02:23 PM

Originally posted by jacelin
40mins from monterey to sait
68st had major traffic jam
took 20 mins just to get to 16th ave when it should normally take 5mins or less
Took me nearly 20 mins just to get from evergreen to MacLeod Trail. It sucked. Once I got onto Mac Trail though, I was good to go and things were moving okay

natejj

10-16-2006, 02:26 PM

Normal... 25 from Glendale to Forest Lawn

ashee

10-16-2006, 02:51 PM

20 mins from Glenmorgan to U of C

sputnik

10-16-2006, 03:32 PM

the usual 20 min

ZedMan

10-16-2006, 03:39 PM

Probably 5-10 min more than normal to mrc... stupid strathcona blvd/bow trail intersection. After that it was actually better than normal, especially glenmore/37th.

accord885

10-16-2006, 03:45 PM

25 min = usual

ZorroAMG

10-17-2006, 04:21 AM

13 seconds.

Longer than usual as I looked out my bedroom window and drew out a long "fuuuck" before heading downstairs to my "office".

:rofl:

TimG

10-17-2006, 08:39 AM

so this morning when i was on the train i noticed that there were a bunch of EMS/fire/police on MacLeod trail south of canyon meadows rd on the bridge. there was even an EMS truck @ the fish creek LRT with it's lights on. Traffic on Bannister rd and macleod trail was backed up as far as the eye could see.

any info on what happened?

Sprinter

10-17-2006, 08:47 AM

15-20 mins from WestSide to Chinook Mall... traffic flow was smooth

DepTrotter

10-17-2006, 08:49 AM

yesterday it took over an hour to get to work, glenmore landing to chinook area .. today 17minutes

:dunno: i don get it!

i left 5 minutes earlier and ended up at work 40 minutes early lame

slick2404

10-17-2006, 08:52 AM

45 min dammit. Country hills to SAIT

Shoebox//Racer

10-17-2006, 09:05 AM

i took the train this morning thinking it was gonna be packed... but to my suprise there was almost NO ONE.... what the heck?!

and there didnt look to be much traffic on the road either.

energieboi

10-17-2006, 09:26 AM

Originally posted by rage2
20 mins? I had to drive speed limit because bald summers and slush == excitement. I usually make it in 15... Arbour Lake to downtown.

:eek: 15 min and you drive speed limit....surrrrrre
I live in hamptons and I am on the road around 7am and takes me 1 hour atleast in the mornings.

Euro_Trash

10-17-2006, 09:29 AM

I am just curious, how early do you need to get to the very south C-Train station so you can actually get parking?

Shoebox//Racer

10-17-2006, 10:24 AM

Originally posted by Euro_Trash
I am just curious, how early do you need to get to the very south C-Train station so you can actually get parking?

I get to anderson at 7:00 and i get a decent spot everytime, but it starts filling quickly past then. Southland is ridiculous to get parking. From what my friend tells me its full around 7:00.

Might be a better bet to head to one of the southern locations like fish creek, im not sure how big the parking is over there though.

TimG

10-17-2006, 10:28 AM

stay away from fish creek... i have enough trouble trying to get parking there in the morning :)

rage2

10-17-2006, 10:29 AM

This morning's drive at 6:15 was fun. Roads were wet here and there, sometimes there's traction, sometimes it's black ice with zero traction. Felt like driving a friggin' speedboat with the car floating everywhere haha.

avow

10-17-2006, 10:29 AM

Originally posted by rage2
20 mins? I had to drive speed limit because bald summers and slush == excitement. I usually make it in 15... Arbour Lake to downtown.
you live in arbour lake too? how come i never see you :confused:
your lucky, i have to drive all the way to blackfoot and glenmore, 42 minutes today...

spyce

10-17-2006, 10:34 AM

Damn bow trail this morning leaving from the Strathcona area. I barely made it in time for my exam this morning and I even gave it a 35 minute time contraint to get to school...which usually takes 15 minutes or so.
They had completely shut it down to ONE lane...to go through the intersection at Sarcee. I cant wait till the fricken construction is done. Its so random too. Some days they'll have it as 2-3 lanes open and then other random days it goes down to 1. :banghead:

Anton

10-17-2006, 11:09 AM

Yesterday was quite good. After I got out of my community which was backed up (Springside on Bow Trail and 85th Street) it was a very good drive.

Today....(I ordered my tires a bit ago and was supposed to get the put on yesterday but they didn't have them in stock :rolleyes: so I'm still on performance summer tires...) To sum it up, sliding was quite stressful..

Originally posted by spyce
Damn bow trail this morning leaving from the Strathcona area. I barely made it in time for my exam this morning and I even gave it a 35 minute time contraint to get to school...which usually takes 15 minutes or so.
They had completely shut it down to ONE lane...to go through the intersection at Sarcee. I cant wait till the fricken construction is done. Its so random too. Some days they'll have it as 2-3 lanes open and then other random days it goes down to 1. :banghead:

I have the same problem as you man so I go through the communities and then onto 69th and down to the shortcut through Westhills strip mall! It turns out to be faster than waiting on Bow Trail.

ZedMan

10-17-2006, 11:24 AM

Originally posted by spyce
Damn bow trail this morning leaving from the Strathcona area. I barely made it in time for my exam this morning and I even gave it a 35 minute time contraint to get to school...which usually takes 15 minutes or so.
They had completely shut it down to ONE lane...to go through the intersection at Sarcee. I cant wait till the fricken construction is done. Its so random too. Some days they'll have it as 2-3 lanes open and then other random days it goes down to 1. :banghead:

:werd:

Good idea on the shorcut though, you mean the one where you go through the traffic circles and end up near the library?

seer_claw

10-17-2006, 11:58 AM

1.5 hours, Shawnessy to Glenmore. Damn people driving like idiots when they see a little bit of white stuff falling. :banghead: Had to pass someone on Mcleod driving at 50km/h in the 80 zone. :whipped:

Canmorite

10-17-2006, 12:07 PM

I don't understand why everything slows done when there's 2 cm on the ground :dunno:

It's not like we just got dumped on.

spyce

10-17-2006, 12:07 PM

Originally posted by Anton
Yesterday was quite good. After I got out of my community which was backed up (Springside on Bow Trail and 85th Street) it was a very good drive.

Today....(I ordered my tires a bit ago and was supposed to get the put on yesterday but they didn't have them in stock :rolleyes: so I'm still on performance summer tires...) To sum it up, sliding was quite stressful..

I have the same problem as you man so I go through the communities and then onto 69th and down to the shortcut through Westhills strip mall! It turns out to be faster than waiting on Bow Trail.

I live in Aspen there so I am smack dab in between going down 69th and then down 17th. Or go down 69th and then down bow. I would usually take 69th to 17th to sarcee route because it is quicker. Especially if you go through the signal hill community. Except that route is screwed up right now cuz 69th gets backed up cuz its down to single lane going southbound.

eb0i

10-17-2006, 12:13 PM

took the ctrain in today just to avoid stupid traffic :thumbsup:

Anton

10-17-2006, 12:15 PM

Spyce:

I see where you are, yea, there's not too much you can do right now. The construction is just bad in our area...all the major roads are being worked on.

Originally posted by ZedMan
Good idea on the shorcut though, you mean the one where you go through the traffic circles and end up near the library?

Yup, that one. I usually end up going all the way from Westhills onto Richmond Road past Marda Loop and then end up on Elbow Drive going south (so opposite all the traffic) then onto Macleod south going against traffic as well...Does wonders when every single major road is blocked out of our communities (Bow, 17th, Glenmore, Sarcee)

Beanie_baby

10-17-2006, 06:33 PM

doesnt take too long to get from Millrise to Silver springs. bout 45 mins-hour depending if I stop for coffee.

al-ti2d

10-17-2006, 06:42 PM

it took me about the same time as any other day.. about 20 minutes.

Honda_002

10-17-2006, 06:56 PM

50 mins from cochrane to sait, I would have taken the train but we were working on our cars in the shop today:dunno:

creeper

10-17-2006, 07:04 PM

2 hours. Seriously.

90th ave. to 14th, to Glenmore, to crowchild to 17th ave.

No accidents, stalls, or anything out of the ordinary. People were leaving about 20 car lengths, and driving about 10km/h when they had space. Very bizzare, the roads were wet, not slippery in the least. People are very strange when it snows for the first time.

:thumbsdow

DepTrotter

10-17-2006, 07:09 PM

Originally posted by creeper
2 hours. Seriously.

90th ave. to 14th, to Glenmore, to crowchild to 17th ave.

No accidents, stalls, or anything out of the ordinary. People were leaving about 20 car lengths, and driving about 10km/h when they had space. Very bizzare, the roads were wet, not slippery in the least. People are very strange when it snows for the first time.

:thumbsdow
buddy i take that route everyday up until glenmore (i go the other way)

seriously if you leave your house after 730 you are looped

90th ave is fucking retarded, and just when you think aw itll get better you turn on 14st lol.. SHITTY

i left this morning at about 705, no traffic easy commute got to where i was going really early though
but ide rather be early than late

BigBadVlad

10-17-2006, 07:12 PM

About 50min's Shawnessy to downtown... usually 40-45 min's... Around 7:00am there was a pretty major t-bone on Macleod before Canyon Meadows, a Neon got a face-full of Liberty:nut:

And 100 ft down the road a pair involved in a medium damage rear-ender :nut:

quikkoop

10-17-2006, 07:12 PM

Originally posted by ZorroAMG
13 seconds.

Longer than usual as I looked out my bedroom window and drew out a long "fuuuck" before heading downstairs to my "office".

:rofl:
Haha, I laughed! Normal time for me as well. Only bad part was going under 52nd bridge going east on Crow.

creeper

10-17-2006, 07:20 PM

Originally posted by DepTrotter

buddy i take that route everyday up until glenmore (i go the other way)

seriously if you leave your house after 730 you are looped

90th ave is fucking retarded, and just when you think aw itll get better you turn on 14st lol.. SHITTY

i left this morning at about 705, no traffic easy commute got to where i was going really early though
but ide rather be early than late

yeah, usually i take anderson, to 14th, but when i left the wodbine/woodlands area and looked east down anderson, all i can see is traffic and cars, so, thinking i'll be cool and go around it all, i end up sitting for 40 minutes on 90th, which is what, 8 blocks, maybe ....

it was just super slow, people leaving a crazy amount of room, and crawling along like the roads were solid ice, they were wet, but wet doesn't mean 10 cars lengths, and top speed of 30kms is appropriate. No ice, no slip at all. Roads were fine, drivers brains were not. I was to tired to care.

88CRX

10-17-2006, 07:23 PM

I was almost 2 hours from Sundance to downtown @ 6:30am this morning :thumbsdow

A2VR6

10-17-2006, 07:25 PM

15 mins from Sandstone to U of C... maybe 1 min late?

chris

10-17-2006, 07:27 PM

45 minutes from hamptons to u of c (usually like 20-25 min)..... fuck!!! left early and was still late, all around here was a fucking skating rink, everything john laurie and south was fine

Spatz

10-17-2006, 07:49 PM

5 minutes:D

turbotrip

10-17-2006, 08:26 PM

7-8 min from edgemont to uni

NickGT

10-17-2006, 08:40 PM

shawnessy blvd / Macleod Trail Overpass was a complete sheet of ice. My truck barely made it up (3/4 Ton - 2WD). It was brutal. Several people were stuck and I had to drive around them at a snails pace I was spinning so much.

Then I got on macleod trail to see a major accident in the middle of the road in between canyon meadows and shawnessy blvd

Further down there was another stalled vehicle in the far right northbound lane.

I then proceeded to take the off-ramp onto canyon meadows east, where there was 2 vehicles 1 - new v6 mustang and some other vehicle that lost it going around the corner. It was insane this morning.

I still made good time this morning. Just lots of shit to drive around.

theken

10-17-2006, 09:11 PM

35 minutes from 18th st se to 52nd st then the 25 minutes to strathmore, usually take me all of 27 minutes

Melinda

10-17-2006, 09:33 PM

Originally posted by NickGT
shawnessy blvd / Macleod Trail Overpass was a complete sheet of ice. My truck barely made it up (3/4 Ton - 2WD). It was brutal. Several people were stuck and I had to drive around them at a snails pace I was spinning so much.

Then I got on macleod trail to see a major accident in the middle of the road in between canyon meadows and shawnessy blvd

Further down there was another stalled vehicle in the far right northbound lane.

I then proceeded to take the off-ramp onto canyon meadows east, where there was 2 vehicles 1 - new v6 mustang and some other vehicle that lost it going around the corner. It was insane this morning.

I still made good time this morning. Just lots of shit to drive around.
We live in evergreen and we also made the mistake of taking Shawnessy Blvd to get onto MacLeod Trail. I shit you not, it took us 1 hr 15 mins to get all the way down Shawnessy Blvd and onto Mac Trail. I hit MacLeod just as the Canyon Meadows accident was being towed away and it was pretty smooth sailing from there. Although when I was just getting ready to get onto MacLeod I looked in my rearview mirror to watch two more people slide into each other. What a damn nightmare today. :banghead:

88CRX

10-17-2006, 10:20 PM

Originally posted by Melinda

We live in evergreen and we also made the mistake of taking Shawnessy Blvd to get onto MacLeod Trail. I shit you not, it took us 1 hr 15 mins to get all the way down Shawnessy Blvd and onto Mac Trail. I hit MacLeod just as the Canyon Meadows accident was being towed away and it was pretty smooth sailing from there. Although when I was just getting ready to get onto MacLeod I looked in my rearview mirror to watch two more people slide into each other. What a damn nightmare today. :banghead:

:werd:

I was 1 hour from Sundance to Midlake Blvd/Shawnessy Blvd. and I cut the entire right turning lane :angel: up to there. I would have seriously moved 100ft in that hour :banghead:

silver_gs-R

10-17-2006, 10:41 PM

usually takes me 15-20, took me 45 on monday morning!!!

xrayvsn

10-17-2006, 10:44 PM

15 minutes, same as every other day. Driving opposite the commuter traffic FTW.

Palmiros

10-17-2006, 10:47 PM

~20 minutes @ 8:45ish not bad?
it usually takes 15.

Gondi Stylez

10-17-2006, 11:22 PM

took me 7 min today (usually 5 or so) from jasper ave to u of a!!

rage2

10-18-2006, 07:04 AM

Originally posted by avow
you live in arbour lake too? how come i never see you :confused:
Are you the white dude in the widebody gunmetal MR2? If so I see you all the time.

topmade

10-18-2006, 07:12 AM

A good 45 min from Panorama to bankers hall. Damn I hate busing it. Why did I quit my working at home job?

GQBalla

10-18-2006, 08:11 AM

today pretty much normal time - i left my house at around 7:15, got to brentwood, parked my car, got on the train to SAIT, walked to class with 2 minutes to spare before the class started.

ahahaha and yesterday i only had one class which was at 2, so i missed all the lovely traffic and slept in till 12.

NickGT

10-18-2006, 01:16 PM

Originally posted by Melinda

We live in evergreen and we also made the mistake of taking Shawnessy Blvd to get onto MacLeod Trail. I shit you not, it took us 1 hr 15 mins to get all the way down Shawnessy Blvd and onto Mac Trail. I hit MacLeod just as the Canyon Meadows accident was being towed away and it was pretty smooth sailing from there. Although when I was just getting ready to get onto MacLeod I looked in my rearview mirror to watch two more people slide into each other. What a damn nightmare today. :banghead:

Yah I live in evergreen as well. That'll be the last time I take shawnessy blvd thats for sure. That overpass is going to be a problem area forever.

The one good thing about living here is there's a ton of different routes you can take to get out.