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Originally Posted by red sky
It is my understanding that it isn't bumper to bumper driving ever single day
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Originally Posted by Sliver
I drive on Deerfoot around 8 a.m. every day. I go from Anderson and drive south to Barlow, so I see northbound Deerfoot coming from 130th and can assure you that it is barely moving, bumper-to-bumper traffic each and every day without exception. If you go earlier though you might be fine.
Best thing to do would be to wake up early and do the commute to see for yourself. I did that before I moved into my house last year and it was a good exercise.
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Excellent idea on doing the commute before you buy. I never would have thought of that.
From my experience, there is bumper-to-bumper traffic no matter where you are. I see the slow moving traffic on Crowchild trying to get downtown and I also see it on Bow Trail trying to get downtown as well.
If you do move down south Red Sky, you will probably find yourself not using Deerfoot at all during your weekday commutes. On those times where I need to be downtown in the morning, I just take my normal route to Glenmore and turn off onto Blackfoot and then use either 42nd Ave or Highfield. If you use Highfield, the left turn from Blackfoot is usually murder. I normally just turn into Cash Casino and take their exit through the lights onto Highfield.
One of the things the south doesn't have much of is big hills. When I lived in Edgemont, the one thing I hate was having a snow storm cause I knew it would take me hours to get home cause there would always be some guy who couldn't make it up any of the hills. What a gong show that was.
The south gets a bad rap cause it's physically farther than Westhills or the NW but in terms of bumper-to-bumper traffic, it's probably not as bad as any of those communities.