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jezemine
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jezemine
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2011-03-08 : 11:49:33
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weekly? do you only go to work once a week? ;)btw if you want to help us have better data, you need to leave the app on while driving. don't need to look at it and get in a wreck, just leave it on. it's the whole "cloud source" thing.
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tkizer
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jezemine
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Posted - 2011-03-08 : 12:03:57
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how do you know if a freeway is clogged beforehand without checking traffic though?
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ajthepoolman
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
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Posted - 2011-03-08 : 12:04:28
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| What? No stats for Topeka Kansas? Honestly, thank God! I hate traffic.Hey, it compiles. |
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tkizer
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Posted - 2011-03-08 : 12:07:22
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| There's a point in my commute where I can go one way or another way. If the traffic is backed up before that point, I load up the app to see which way to take. They both have the same number of miles to get home, but I prefer to take one way over the other. If the traffic app says the other way is less congested, then I go that way. If traffic isn't backed up before this point in my commute, I don't need the app as I'm then "pot committed" going my preferred way.Tara KizerMicrosoft MVP for Windows Server System - SQL Serverhttp://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/Subscribe to my blog |
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jezemine
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Posted - 2011-03-08 : 12:27:24
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Originally posted by ajthepoolman
What? No stats for Topeka Kansas? Honestly, thank God! I hate traffic.Hey, it compiles.
I have stats for Topeka, but it's not in the top 100 so doesn't make the cut for the public site. have these two though, if kansas is where you drive:http://scorecard.inrix.com/scorecard/MetropolitanDetails.asp?ID=28http://scorecard.inrix.com/scorecard/MetropolitanDetails.asp?ID=76
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AndrewMurphy
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2011-03-09 : 09:53:36
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| Jezamine/AJ out of curiosity...why does the traffic pattern display for Kansas vastly differ from Wichita Have never been to either, but something seems to define the 2 cities differently. Do both not have a consistent school hour/work start/finish peak time? The latter seems to have no obvious daily peaks, compared to Kansas.Overall - looks interesting (especially If you expand to Dublin, Ireland) |
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jezemine
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Posted - 2011-03-09 : 12:10:26
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Wichita hardly has any congestion even at the main commute times. it's 76th out of 100 in the ranking. One could argue that there's not much point in ranking 100 cities if the last 50 don't have much congestion to speak of. Press likes their top 100 lists however. :) KC has some congestion, but nothing compared to disasters like LA, NYC, Chicago:http://scorecard.inrix.com/scorecard/MetropolitanDetails.asp?ID=1http://scorecard.inrix.com/scorecard/MetropolitanDetails.asp?ID=2http://scorecard.inrix.com/scorecard/MetropolitanDetails.asp?ID=3we have data in Dublin, but it wasn't included in the EU report this time around. The only countries/regions considered were DEU, GBR, FRA, and Benelux.
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Michael Valentine Jones
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Posted - 2011-03-09 : 12:11:49
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| The Wichita metro area with 600,000 people has less than one third the population of the Kansas City metro area, so that's probably the main reason. There are just fewer cars to get on the road.Driving the 1-95 Northeast corridor through Washington(#4), Baltimore(#14), Philadelpha(#9), New York(#2), and Boston(#8) has to be one of the worst drives anywhere. It's like driving through a gigantic 400 mile long city with 40 million people. Maybe not as bad as those week long traffic jams in China, but not much fun.CODO ERGO SUM |
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jezemine
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2011-03-09 : 12:21:39
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yes, in fact the absolute worst stretch of road in the country is on I-95. it's the cross bronx "expressway" in NYC. It's ironic they call it an expressway.if you are on i-95 a lot, can use this to check conditions there and related freeways: http://www.i95travelinfo.net<plug>or if you have iphone or android, just get our (free) mobile app to check traffic anywherehttp://www.inrixtraffic.com</plug>
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stuck in traffic