Akl commuters?

[Grahameeboy]

Nah, don't think so. Shelly Beach onto Bridge...still same amount of traffic...caused a tailback to lights at Jervois Road

[Ozzie]

I was thinking the same thing...

...and who was the dumb ass who put a set on the southbound on ramp at Takanini anyway?

And south at Papakura, obviously to impact the 3 or 4 days a year it backs up that bad going south, like Thursday just gone.

And I also have never seen them on.

I commute daily from Papakura to Penrose, and got to say, any vague idea that the traffic has got better, is a clear indication that you (you in general, not donor) are spending too much time sniffing cage exhaust. The traffic so far this year has been a complete shit fight, the worst I've seen it.

I mostly leave at 8:30, occassionally at 9, but consistently it takes far longer than it used to. Specially the last couple of weeks, with drizzle and dickhead cagers, makes it dodgee to split, and seriously uncomfortable not to.

Time for someone to invent those jet bike things off return of the jedi, that would make a ride to work over traffic a blast.

Rant !

[twinkle]

It won't work as it should until every on ramp has the lights installed and running, and that won't happen for a while yet. It will be interesting to see if it does reduce travel times.

[Donor]

I commute daily from Papakura to Penrose, and got to say, any vague idea that the traffic has got better, is a clear indication that you (you in general, not donor) are spending too much time sniffing cage exhaust. The traffic so far this year has been a complete shit fight, the worst I've seen it.

Yup yup... I'm coming in from Papakura to Mt Welly/Penrose/Otahuhu (one of those geographical quirks where I can claim to be in 3 places at once) and the traffic has just gone bad bad to... well REALLY bad something wicked over the last 12 months.

So much so, I've altered my start hours to accomodate and start at 0630 instead of 0730... even then it's starting to get hellishly busy...

[Street Gerbil]

Yup yup... I'm coming in from Papakura to Mt Welly/Penrose/Otahuhu (one of those geographical quirks where I can claim to be in 3 places at once) and the traffic has just gone bad bad to... well REALLY bad something wicked over the last 12 months.

Yep. Here is the recollection from my last ride on sh1 at peak time:
First thought - I would have been better off on my Street Magic.
Second thought - I would have been better off walking.