First of all why the hell is it called Rush Hour when there are so many damn cars that you can’t move at a snails pace, let alone rush?
In my mind this is equivalent to owning a car, probably even a lot cheaper. Once you factor in gas, insurance and the price of parking downtown Calgary ($475 a month if you’re lucky or $20-$30 a day in most parkades) I’m actually saving money.
I haven’t taken a cab during rush hour before and now I know why:
Please note the road closure, buses, pedestrians and fucking cranes in the detour we had to take and the extra $7 not even including tip yet that I had to fork over today.
Okay so it’s not a large amount of money but it’s almost twice what I normally pay and it took an extra 20 minutes to get home! For three blocks detour! When it normally takes 5 minutes and you’re sitting in a cab almost fifteen minutes later, three blocks from your departure point, I can tell you, you are kicking your own ass for being so stupid.
I think I’d rip my hair out if I lived in LA.
$10 cab fare??? That’s friggin’ cheap. I gotta pay like 3 or 4 bucks just to get into the cab.
The upside of LA traffic is that you can call everyone you know on your ride home.
I didn’t understand what the hell you were talking about until I saw your informative visual aid. I like the crane the best. It looks a little like a dejected swan.
your visual aid took this post to a whole other level, I love it.>as for traffic…I learned to find the zen in it…have to when you live in Bangkok
If you lived in LA, your hair would look like mine…like you dipped a bald head in glue and then on a pet groomer’s floor.>>I always thought it was cute that Canadians called parking garages “parkades”. The first time I heard the term I got excited thinking that I could park my car and play Pac-Man without leaving the building.
whatigotsofar – it's still $3 just to get in – that's how close I live! That's why it should take 5 minutes, not half an hour!>>Pistols – now that's multitasking>>some guy – I'm not even sure what those machines are called with the scoopy thing? Crane sounded right>>Chele – I can imagine! I guess next time I'll try meditation>>www – Don't think I'll be moving there anytime soon then ;> My spell-checker doesn't recognize the word either and I was like wtf? Then I realized it's a Canadianism.
I think you should make drawings for every post. I particularily enjoy the crane. >>Amazing.
gaaaaahd, i hate traffic so f’king much. i was stuck in heaps yesterday and i wanted to shoot myself.
Traffic does suck. Every time it rains in DC you can expect major delays and tons of accidents.>>And it’s raining today.
LOL I love your little traffic chart, haha!>Girl I sit in traffic for an hour EACH way everyday I work 😦>It sucks but damn if I had to take a cab it would be like $150 each way!!!
I don’t drive in LA.>>I just sit in a car and it magically ends up somewhere.
I adore the chart, it depicts Calgary traffic so perfectly. MY personal best was literally sitting on Deerfoot northbound BEFORE SETON BLVD, on a Friday @ 9am for 3 HOURS while they were still rounding up those horses that got loose. It was neat to drive by and see the make shift corral in the middle of the road.>>I think we need a pict-o-gram.>>= AWESOME.>>I did get a photo of a doode standing on the roof of his truck though.>>Anyhow, this also relates to another story about Calgary cab drivers, I got in one to take me to Shawnessy from Chinnook and the bugger started to drive to the NE.>>$50 not well spent that day.
I totally get you… this city’s construction schedule is going to be the end of me. I think they know when I am going to get in my car and purposly shut down roads on my route.>>Oh – and that are some damn fine machines you drew there!
I thought this post was going to be about my man Geddy Lee, or maybe Jackie Chan. Thank god for that awesome diagram or I would have been really disappointed.