Traffic... Rant On.

[Karl F]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

I made it off the Cape in record time Monday. Traffic was haulin' ass, no backup at the bridge. This was from 2-3 in the afternoon at what usually is a heavy traffic time. Guess the nice weather kept people on the Cape longer.

You picked the right day Bruce.... they all waited till today to leave.. backed up on average 8 miles for most of the afternoon, backed up to exit 11 at one point!

[Flaptail]

Hey Guys! First the worst is only here for two months. Most of that time the fishing stinks from the beach ( well almost most of the time), The people that come into your package store during those two months probably account for a a large percentage of your yearly business, if you fish the outer beaches at night you will be pretty much by yourself if you fish from the parking lots and if you do bump into somebody it is usually someone you know specially if you walk the beach far enough from the lots where you can't see the cars anymore ( most people don't leave sight of them, that's fact). If you fish the Race after midnight 99% of the fisherman are fast asleep in thier trucks. They all wake up and line up down past second rip and north of the self contained area. If you have lived here for more than five years you should know how to get from point a to point b using an alternative route (ie: backroads ) and no where and when to avoid certain roads. Karl, even out your way can get pretty desolate in the off season, like the time me and LaFleur were down your way fall trout fishing and we went into Flemings Donut shop in town and asked if she had any donuts other than what was on the shelf, "Nope she said, got a dozen this morning and those are the last six left, just coffee available after they are gone". This past weekend was the fourth of July, it happened that the 4th was a Monday and the weather Gods predicted beautiful weather for the weekend, the cards were against us right from the start. Chill out, it will pass, come second week of September the fishing will pick up, the water will clear,warm and full of bait, the kids will be back in school and when I drive down cape each night to fish it will be quiet from Orleans to Wellfleet and dead after the Wellfleet traffic light that goes into town by JP's. I wouldn't think of going on route 28 into Hyannis today though especially not the Mall vicinity, the horror!

[JohnR]

Friday afternoon I was heading to Falmouth from Sandwich and the further I went the worse the traffic was on 28 South (herading north of course ). There was a big backup on the Bourne, 8 miles but half a mile on the Sagamore. Anyway, the Falmouth traffic was c r a w l i n g and there was no way I was going to go back thru that (even though my son had a good nap in the truck). So I hit the map, did the backroads thing, and made quick time back to Sandwich. I think some of those people are still on 28...

[capesams]

it only take's one road project and a detour sign for these folks to find those back roads...now even these are getting used more that found them.

[Flaptail]

True enough Steve, and it seems as though they ripping up every road around here these days. They are in the process of making RT. 151 in Falmouth and Mashpee a four lane hi-way. I can't believe it. It was a road in the middle of nowhere when we moved here 22 years ago.