Traffic in Portland is part of a deliberate policy to force people onto their light rail network.
I live in the NW hills and can get most anywhere I need to go in 15 minutes. I love it here - but then I don’t have to work in Gresham, or Wilsonville or other too far places.
Traffic in Portland is part of a deliberate policy to force people onto their light rail network.
In Portland, from what I've found out, there is a time to walk, a time to ride a bike and a time to drive a car. You do all three there. I sure did, and I always enjoyed it no matter which one I was doing.
It's especially nice being able to walk around the downtown area of Portland, as that's an extremely friendly "walking town" from what I've seen of other big metropolitan areas. Most other cities are dark and dirty at night and it's not very friendly. I can't say that about Portland at night.
And especially now, you'll find a lot of foot traffic in the downtown section during these holidays, as businesses are staying open longer now. And it's always lit up really nice with all the Christmas lights around this time of year.
Misty ping, my little salmon.
This is why a 12 minute trip by car took me 45 min to an hour by 2/3 buses.
This is complete and utter bullshit. I moved out to Seattle from Atlanta. I recently went back to Atlanta to spend Thanksgiving with my and my wife’s family. While there, I was reminded just how horrible the traffic in Atlanta is. Everything is spread out, and the odds of you encountering bumper to bumper, stop and go traffic on the way to wherever you are going are near 100%. The impact of the traffic is HUGE. You will be sitting in it for 20-30 minutes.
Contrast this with Seattle. Yes, I-5 has traffic. But it moves along and is seldom stop and go. Rhe distances you have to travel here are far less. I don’t get very frustrated with Seattle traffic, but I was extremely frustrated with Atlanta traffic while I was there. MUCH worse.
My trips anywhere in Seattle or the surrounds are seldom more than 25 minutes. In Atlanta, when I lived what was considered close to work,I couldn’t even get to work at 6am in under 35 minutes. When I lived in the suburbs and worked downtown, it took me over an hour to get to work.
So I would say Tom Tom needs a way to measure traffic that takes actual trip times into account, rather than just some silly measurement of how many roads show up with traffic alerts on their GPS system.