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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
They're talking about when their day goes smoothly and fudging the door-to-door calculation by 5-10 minutes. What they dont' tell you is how screwed they are when the weather gets bad or there's an accident on Deerfoot.
It's completely dependent on Deerfoot traffic. I would venture that this would be something that would be more at risk of getting worse than getting better as more people move to Airdrie itself and all areas inbetween.
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What I'm telling you is the exact time it takes for me from the minute I sit in my car to the minute I sit down at my desk., is routinely 20 minutes. I leave for work at 8:30 and I start at 9 I'm generally in my desk at 8:50...
When I lived in the beltline and drove to work on the other side of downtown it took me 15 mins because it was so jammed up everyday.
I do not work in the core. I work just off 32 ave NE.
The reason its the same time frame for some of us in Airdrie is because people need to get out of their comunities which in Calgary are much bigger and busier. My co workers in Country hills have the same commute time as me, it takes them 10 mins or more to get to deerfoot where I'm on deerfoot in approximately 3 to 4 minutes.
Most people are dependent on Deerfoot traffic so that argument is silly. People in the north are either equally screwed if there us an accident or bad weather. I have yet to be backed up due to accident before I hit Airport trail. Most seem to occur between beddington and Memorial. If i check traffic before I leave I skip incidents all together by hitting stoney.
Honestly traffic is flowing at 110 usually until I hit beddington then it slows a little but not too much. On the way home it's slow going until 64th then gets better until Beddington, then its full on until I'm home.
Honestly it was worse trying to get in and out of the core when I lived there and weather was bad and there seemed to be more fender benders that affected my commute back to the core.
I'm still closer to the core than the new south Calgary communities, and I saved 30 grand.. Works for me. Also its not as busy in Airdrie when I get home...