Neat Traffic Tool

Those of you in the DC area know that our fair metropolitan area is ranked #3 in the nation for worst traffic congestion.

Today I found a nice web site: TrafficCast’s Driving Directions. It takes into account typical slowdowns at certain times of the day.

Tonight, Julie and I are seeing Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand at the Kennedy Center (scored some free tickets!). So, I put in my address, the KC’s address, and set it for 5:00. If I take their preferred route (267 to I-495 N to the George Washington Parkway) it should take 45 minutes. It even calculates what your speed will be on each segment. For instance, it calculates my average speed on 267 will be 32mph (probably because it thinks I’ll have to stop at the toll booth) and my average speed on the GW Parkway will be 39mph.

Published in: on June 8, 2006 at 12:00

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  1. On June 10, 2006 at 05:33 D-Ush Said:

    So did it take 45 minutes? Did you get Mahlerized?

  2. On June 12, 2006 at 07:47 Derek Said:

    Well, I ended up not taking GWP. Traffic was backed up just to get onto 495, so I decided to just take 66 thinking it would be the same amount of time.

    It ended up taking an hour :p

    Yes, I was Mahlerized…in a good way :)

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