Today?

Yeah wtf was going on it took 1.5 hours to get home

Honestly the driving around the holidays has been significantly worse than the rest of the year.

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And the traffic was probably caused by a dude going 65mph in the left lane and another dude texting while driving so he was swerving all over the place. I hate driving in this state. Y’all are awful drivers.

yea tf was that about?

Totally. :-)

Exit 11 to 18 from 2-4:30. The whole trip (the Highlands to the GWB usually takes just a bit over an hour. Today it took twice as long. No accidents or roadwork (well, at least no lane closures), just volume.

Comments like yours initially upset me as they're attacking my home state, but, fuck, there are a lot of shitty drivers in NJ. Fortunately way less than adjoining states though, so, yeah.

Actually, there was no traffic at all in front of me, I was just slowing down to get a good picture in my side mirror and apparently caused 7 lanes of traffic to get backed up. My bad.

🤣🤣 what time was this? It’s still light out. I have a global entry interview at 2:15 at the airport and have to drive north afterwards. I’d hate to get stuck in a mess like that.

Where the hell are y’all going?

Late afternoon. You can see the sun on its way down in the pic. It opened up considerably after the 14s and someone else told me there was some fuckery going on the Goethals and Outerbridge crossings, so that probably accounted for a lot of it.

But tomorrow is a big travel day before NYE, so... good luck!

Places.

To do stuff.

Live in NC now. Miss many things about NJ, especially the diversity of food, but not the traffic. 🍽

I still don't understand how merging to Route 46 at Ridgefield Park on northbound can cause traffic from 495

I know. 🤯I think it took 6 months to get this appointment. I took what they gave me because I have a trip planned for February out of the country and I want cut some of the security hassles

LoL That is one huge suck of an exit. You've got the Turnpike Traffic and all the Rt80 traffic, all trying to squeeze into one lane for East and one lane for Western 46. And people drive like maniacs cutting over 4 lanes in about 50 feet from Rt80. I hate everyone who takes that exit. I even hate myself when I take that exit.

this is the future you were tricked into paying for.

we need more busses and trains, this is stupid.

overturned truck on the outerbridge crossing so everyone headed to the goethals exit 13. the n there was an accident just past the exit 13 toll.

Only consecutive days I have received alerts about delays with the Lincoln Tunnel. Can usually get from Weehawken to the city in 15-20 minutes. This past week has been 45 minutes - 1 hour. Wish the arc tunnel wasn't cancelled/way to get more frequency/bring back of peak, to encourage public transport.

try driving outside of this state :) NJ consistently places top 5 for driving safety in the country

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and yes I've driven out of state before as well, all I've seen was the same idiocy I see in NJ but compounded

We got ourselves a regular Captain Alliteration over here

"Why is this day different than any other day?"

We've been stuck in traffic for ages. People are always escaping somewhere.

You're not alone. And they want to waste another 10 billion dollars to just add "one more lane" to the turnpike expansion. Build freaking Transit!

Traffic is caused by people using their phones while driving.

Fortunately this photo was taken by my documentary film crew. I only use a rotary dial phone at home.

In case you haven't read it, The Power Broker is an excellent book on how the traffic and transportation issues we wrestle with today were generated many decades ago by a very few selfish and greedy parties.

Terribly terrific!

I know it's not what you're referring to, but this kind of traffic reminds me of just how screwed we are should we need to GTFO of this area should the need arise.

OMG, I had that vision in 1985 trying to drive from Greenwich CT to lower Bergen County the Weds before Thanksgiving. That was what almost 40 years ago.

If they ever mandate a mass exodus, I will take my chances at home so I can die peacefully in my bed, rather than risk dying behind the wheel of my car, stuck in traffic, screaming like a maniac.

I don't know if you were around for the aftermath of hurricane Sandy, but if the power outages and fuel shortages were any indication, we are just a week or two away from complete anarchy if the SHTF.

Plan accordingly.

MOM (Monmouth, ocean, middlesex) line would alleviate so much traffic in jersey just gotta deal with the NIMBY Karen’s. I hate driving through Toms River so much just wish they had a light rail

You just made me cringe when I read Ridgefield Park. That’s where my job is. Route 46 is a NIGHTMARE in that area. 😬

Perfect ad to promote building trains and bus lanes.

I'm so happy even with my kids off school this week ....... the plan was to do stuff to but like in their rooms, basement for Xbox, or even living room haaaa!!!

Doing stuff this week will only get you stuck in traffic on said Turnpike or at the parking lot mall. Hence like 3 posts about how much the American Dream mall sucks this week 🤣

I sure hope you're no longer in that stuck in that traffic!?!?!

Don’t worry, it will only get worse.

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I missed the Good Day?

You left out another T for Thursday. Could have had 4 in the title, it was right there! Seriously fuck the Tutnpike.

Pre covid, during the holidays the Lincoln tunnel traffic was back to Met Life/Giant's stadium pretty regularly.

Take the train.

I would hope so since the traffic frequently slows everything to 10mph 😮‍💨

I live in Weehawken, even when I take the train, usually go to Penn vs Hoboken/Secaucus. Just stating my observation. I have looked at moving further out to be on a train line, but prices are more expensive vs where I am now.

Or just, you know, less of a need to go into the office. Remember the roads during Covid?

I like the photo, though. Something very artistic about it

Singularly suckass

Turnpike traffic aside. Beautiful day today in NJ.

Water is wet.

Sooooo not important enough to go through that crap.

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New driver here! How the heck do you change lanes in this? My anxiety is on overload just looking at that

Everyday where u been buddy

i noticed too. just a shitload of ppl that said “fuck it, let’s go out today!” lol

Techniques vary with how much body damage you're willing to take. :-)

Seriously though, unless you're getting off at an exit, changing lanes isn't going to really help you much (and don't become one of those lane hopping jerks). And if you really must, wait for a gap (one will eventually appear), toss on your indicator and nose over. No reason for anxiety, just the cost of driving in NJ.

If it makes you feel better, we're not even in the top ten traffic-congestion-wise.

I must've been extraordinarily lucky for the past forty years to not get caught in traffic like this on the regular then.

Right? I was starting to wonder if I should toss on a news station or something.

If the traffic is super slow and really heavy as shown in this picture and you need to chage lanes, you need to turn on your turn signals to whichever lane you changing, and slowly just go closer and closer to the lane you going to change, but not too close, but at the same time, between a gap (between the car in the front and the one in behind in the lane you changing). The car next to you (behind the gap) probably going to stop and let you in. If the driver is a jerk or not paying attention, just wait to the other gap, and probably, this time someone with let you in.

Fukin a I’m 31 years old and I’ve been caught in it I’m not sure how many times (and I’m a trucker from nyc go figure…)