I Love Deerfoot Trail

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by peter12

I call BS on this story.

Um...I was actually making a joke about a previous poster's story. He claimed he was a trucker and then told a story about a guy who pulled him over and then climbed up his truck and tried to assault him.

The previous poster then claimed to have driven off with the guy still attached to the truck before casting him off at about 65 kph.

Then another poster made a comment that perhaps the original poster in question might be exaggerating.

At that point, I came in with some hyperbole. For better, for worse, but I guess for worse in this case.

My bad.

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by Jayems

Me. Because I can get a 1700 sq. ft. house for the exact same price as a 1000 sq. ft. condo in where I want to live (far enough away from the deerfoot that even Iran couldn't launch a missile and reach it). The deerfoot will simply be something we'll have to deal with... although we're not looking forward to it.

I work in the NE and live right by Chinook Mall.

My buddy lives in Auburn Bay, which is more SE than friggin McKenzie.

He leaves home at 7:45, gets into work around 8:30. 45 minute commute.
He leaves work at 5, gets home around 5:50. 50 minute commute.

Thats one hour and thirty five minutes spent commuting per day provided there are no irregular delays (on top of the normal ones) or breakdowns in even one lane.

I go in for 9:30 and leave at 6 and my commute is always 12 minutes each way. 24 minutes. And it makes it better if I hang out in the shop after hours to work on personal stuff or even just have a buddy come around with a couple of beers and chill on the tailgate to wait out rush hour.

This is specifically why I did not move to the earlier shift when I had the chance.

Point of the post:

Your extra 700 sq ft., little backyard and cookie-cutter house may not be all that you hope if you think clearly about all the pros and cons.

[4X4]

A couple beers on a tailgate? You evil man!

But joking aside, how are you relating start/finish times to house locations? I think your points got crossed.

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by 4X4

A couple beers on a tailgate? You evil man!

But joking aside, how are you relating start/finish times to house locations? I think your points got crossed.

See my user-name. Also that having a nice house to yourself far away doesn't = happiness. And 8 hours a week doing nothing times 52 weeks a year = 416 hrs per year in traffic. (Frig, and some people wonder why we need kick-ass sound systems!)

Also, buy an old Ranger already and join www.ranger-forums.com. It rules. Best truck site on the net bar none. The 4X4 equivalent of CP. No joke.


In regard to this:

I'm thinking more like 14th st around Kensington. Where st#tloads of SB traffic is trying to get into DT, and some ###### holds up a lane trying to get into the Mohawk.
If double solids are in the city, they're there for a reason.

Could not the same thing be achieved with a broken single solid?

I think 4X4 is right about the general rule that one cannot turn over a double solid, but I would be willing to bet that cops would overlook it in special circumstances. IE, big truck used to haul gear in and out of show has to back-in across the middle of the road for a moment because its a bigger truck and needs to be able to turn.

Surely there is a traffic lawyer on CP who can lay this to rest? Or a cop?

[Dan02]

Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale

He leaves home at 7:45, gets into work around 8:30. 45 minute commute.
He leaves work at 5, gets home around 5:50. 50 minute commute.

Thats one hour and thirty five minutes spent commuting per day provided there are no irregular delays (on top of the normal ones) or breakdowns in even one lane.

I go in for 9:30 and leave at 6 and my commute is always 12 minutes each way. 24 minutes. And it makes it better if I hang out in the shop after hours to work on personal stuff or even just have a buddy come around with a couple of beers and chill on the tailgate to wait out rush hour.

Ummmm if your buddy chose to commute at the same times you do as well he would see a drastic reduction in his travel times as well. Seems rather silly to be comparing rush hour vs non-rush hour commutes when you're comparing why it sucks to live in a certain part of the city.

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by Dan02

Ummmm if your buddy chose to commute at the same times you do as well he would see a drastic reduction in his travel times as well. Seems rather silly to be comparing rush hour vs non-rush hour commutes when you're comparing why it sucks to live in a certain part of the city.

I would be willing to bet that the commute time from south of McKenzie to say, 32nd avenue has a much longer drop-off curve in regard to traffic density than say, from Blackfoot/17th, or even Glenmore.

[Jayems]

Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale

I work in the NE and live right by Chinook Mall.

My buddy lives in Auburn Bay, which is more SE than friggin McKenzie.

He leaves home at 7:45, gets into work around 8:30. 45 minute commute.
He leaves work at 5, gets home around 5:50. 50 minute commute.

Thats one hour and thirty five minutes spent commuting per day provided there are no irregular delays (on top of the normal ones) or breakdowns in even one lane.

I go in for 9:30 and leave at 6 and my commute is always 12 minutes each way. 24 minutes. And it makes it better if I hang out in the shop after hours to work on personal stuff or even just have a buddy come around with a couple of beers and chill on the tailgate to wait out rush hour.

This is specifically why I did not move to the earlier shift when I had the chance.

Point of the post:

Your extra 700 sq ft., little backyard and cookie-cutter house may not be all that you hope if you think clearly about all the pros and cons.

Well, for one, my commute time from where we want to be (Aspen/Cougar Ridge area) is almost identical to where we're building (Copperfield) to get to where i work due to the fact there are no major routes near by. I either have to go through springbank and up stoney and then on secondary highways, or hit glenmore and get over to deerfoot.

I've never had a commute under 30-45 minutes. I can deal.

I can basically set my own hours to avoid rush hour at work.

Having pride of ownership to a 'cookie cutter home' will be much higher than a much smaller condo where I have zero grass, pay ridiculous condo fees of which contribute to some know-it-all telling me exactly how I have to live and that i can't have certain things here or there.

Fact of the matter is that's where we can afford to live in a new house in what I consider a decent neighbourhood. If that means I have to deal with a little traffic, it's really nothing new. Especially since the ring road will ease the pain in a year or two aswell.

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by Jayems

Well, for one, my commute time from where we want to be (Aspen/Cougar Ridge area) is almost identical to where we're building (Copperfield) to get to where i work due to the fact there are no major routes near by. I either have to go through springbank and up stoney and then on secondary highways, or hit glenmore and get over to deerfoot.

I've never had a commute under 30-45 minutes. I can deal.

I can basically set my own hours to avoid rush hour at work.

Having pride of ownership to a 'cookie cutter home' will be much higher than a much smaller condo where I have zero grass, pay ridiculous condo fees of which contribute to some know-it-all telling me exactly how I have to live and that i can't have certain things here or there.

Fact of the matter is that's where we can afford to live in a new house in what I consider a decent neighbourhood. If that means I have to deal with a little traffic, it's really nothing new. Especially since the ring road will ease the pain in a year or two aswell.

Didn't mean to diss your home. I see how it came off that way and I apologize for that.

[Mrs. Rathji]

First I love my "cookie cutter home" and live in Mckenzie Town. I commute 5 days a week during non rush hour and it takes 22 min from my home in the far back of the community to 32 ave and barlow trail NE. My drive home is afew minutes less than that as it is in the middle of the night.

As some one who isn't that concerned with the commute times I would like to state that my husband and I chose this community opposed to something in the north for the environment and the quiet location. I have a fenced yard where I can allow my daughter to play in the yard and not worry that there are tonnes of people around.

Second thought. I have always lived in the south and have had to drive during rush hour with slightly longer times and as long as you don't stress over the traffic I found that that extra time helped with the wind down from work before I got home. I found it helpful.

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by Mrs. Rathji

First I love my "cookie cutter home" and live in Mckenzie Town. I commute 5 days a week during non rush hour and it takes 22 min from my home in the far back of the community to 32 ave and barlow trail NE. My drive home is afew minutes less than that as it is in the middle of the night.

As some one who isn't that concerned with the commute times I would like to state that my husband and I chose this community opposed to something in the north for the environment and the quiet location. I have a fenced yard where I can allow my daughter to play in the yard and not worry that there are tonnes of people around.

Second thought. I have always lived in the south and have had to drive during rush hour with slightly longer times and as long as you don't stress over the traffic I found that that extra time helped with the wind down from work before I got home. I found it helpful.

Great post! I do regret using the phrase "cookie-cutter", I'm a few in.

[Mrs. Rathji]

No you are right they are cookie cutter homes where I live. There are like 5 models and they just repeat over and over again. But think it makes the community cute. There is some variation on the inside floor plans but as for the outsode all the same. But none the less still cute.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Dan02

Ummmm if your buddy chose to commute at the same times you do as well he would see a drastic reduction in his travel times as well. Seems rather silly to be comparing rush hour vs non-rush hour commutes when you're comparing why it sucks to live in a certain part of the city.

This is true. I live in Royal Oak and work by Chinook Centre. If leave for work at 9am, I'm there by 9:15.

As it is, I now workout in the mornings, so if I leave at 6:50am, I'm at the gym by 7:15am.

[Resolute 14]

Live in MacKenzie Towne, work in Mount Royal. Commute is 25 minutes to work, 20 minutes home. You just have to know when Deerfoot is going to suck, where it will suck, and how to get around the suck. I go right up Barlow in the mornings (just after 7AM), bypassing the bottlenecks at Douglasdale, Anderson and Glenmore.

Speaking of which, the city needs to pull its head out of its behind and fix those bottlenecks. There is no reason at all for the highway to go from four lanes to three to two to three to two to three to four to five between Memorial and 130th. Fix those up, and Deerfoot's traffic issues in the south vanish entirely.

[4X4]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Speaking of which, the city needs to pull its head out of its behind and fix those bottlenecks. There is no reason at all for the highway to go from four lanes to three to two to three to two to three to four to five between Memorial and 130th. Fix those up, and Deerfoot's traffic issues in the south vanish entirely.

Imagine Calgary with a four or five lane Deerfoot, both directions, beginning to end. Then imagine a completed ring road. Then imagine no lights on Crowchild.

A man can dream, can't he?

[Rhettzky]

On the double solid line issue...

See Page 12 (Pavement Markings)

Double Solid Lines
If a double solid line exists between traffic lanes, you may not cross from one lane into the other. Outside an urban area, you may cross a double solid line to enter or exit from a private road or driveway.

That's all I could find on it.

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by 4X4

Imagine Calgary with a four or five lane Deerfoot, both directions, beginning to end. Then imagine a completed ring road. Then imagine no lights on Crowchild.

A man can dream, can't he?

I just can't wait to see what happens when Race City closes. All the illegal street racing is going to be some great fun to watch! Thanks Bronco, for thinking a dump (literally, a dump) is more important than a race-track.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Live in MacKenzie Towne, work in Mount Royal. Commute is 25 minutes to work, 20 minutes home. You just have to know when Deerfoot is going to suck, where it will suck, and how to get around the suck. I go right up Barlow in the mornings (just after 7AM), bypassing the bottlenecks at Douglasdale, Anderson and Glenmore.

Try leaving just before 7am. It's amazing how many people hit the road at 7, and how empty the streets are beforehand.

Speaking of which, the city needs to pull its head out of its behind and fix those bottlenecks. There is no reason at all for the highway to go from four lanes to three to two to three to two to three to four to five between Memorial and 130th. Fix those up, and Deerfoot's traffic issues in the south vanish entirely.

Is there any long range plan for this? It would actually be the provincial government's responsibility.

[flambers]

Originally Posted by Shazam

Try leaving just before 7am. It's amazing how many people hit the road at 7, and how empty the streets are beforehand.
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Yep I agree, I leave for work around 6:30am. Deerfoot still has quite abit of traffic but its no where near the traffic flow at 7:30am till 8:30am.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by flambers

Yep I agree, I leave for work around 6:30am. Deerfoot still has quite abit of traffic but its no where near the traffic flow at 7:30am till 8:30am.

That's when the inbreds come out - the ones that can't drive faster than 50km/h on Deerfoot.

[Peanut]

But look at the Deerfoot during non-rush hour times. 4-5 lanes is ridiculously overbuilt for the other 22 hours of the day. I hope they don't pump a ton more tax dollars into expanding it, to be honest. All the people who live in the deep south have chimed in saying it's really not that bad, anyways.

It's just a lifestyle choice. Some people value having a cute new house and don't really care if their commute is 10-15 minutes longer each way. I can respect that. I personally value the 10-15 minutes longer commute each way, so I choose a crappy old house.