Saturday
Jan262008
Kenneth Goldsmith's 'Traffic' Summarized by Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.10
Saturday 26 January, 2008
1:11 Well, two bridges you want to steer clear of over the East River, the Whitestone Bridge still jammed to Queens with roadwork and only one lane available and the 59th Street Bridge, still a mess no matter which way you go, you've got repairs there as well.... While the Lincoln Tunnel is not great, it's a whole lot better than the thirty minute delay either way that awaits you at the Holland Tunnel or the GW Bridge, which is just an absolute nightmare, uh, about one hour or more going into New York for the GW Bridge, lower level closed, 80/95 Express lanes are backed up almost to Teaneck and, uh, right now you've also got big delays back to Jersey.
...It looks like you've got a good go on the Cross Bronx Expressway, just remember if your heading west to the GW Bridge there is some construction under the apartments although right now, through the lens of the 1010 WINS Panasonic Jam Cam, we certainly don't see it causing any delays for commuters coming off the Deegan or on from the, uh, from the Cross Bronx Expressway itself.
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...And it looks like you've also got construction on the BQE, eastbound there's two lanes blocked Atlantic Avenue to Hamilton Avenue until five a.m. Looking at the bridges and tunnels, if you're going to the GW Bridge on Manhattan's East Side, the FDR Drive, or rather the Harlem River Drive portion, has the ramp to the bridge closed.
...It looks like some of the first early delays I'm seeing here on the, uh, Jam Cam is on the westbound side of the Long Island Expressway service road coming up towards the, uh, Grand Central Parkway in Queens as I see it live on the Jam Cam.
...You get farther west back into Queens and more delays on the Grand Central westbound side right near the Van Wyck, thanks to Mike, part of our traffic team checking in. You've got an accident in the right lane of the LIE, has been extra crowded on the outer lanes coming up, uh, towards the Grand Central.... And as far as the ride across the East River, it's been, uh, very busy at the Midtown Tunnel, especially since we've had an accident just cleared leaving Manhattan and, uh, two-way traffic has resumed but again, uh, delays are starting to build heading towards those East River crossings.
...6:51 Well, we're still seeing a heap of traffic in Queens as I watch on the Long Island Expressway here on the Panasonic Jam Cam and the thing about it is, is that the westbound side of the LIE, the main roadway coming up past the Grand Central is moving along very well.... And across the Hudson River, you've got delays, eh, at the GW Bridge of now over a half an hour from 80/95 Express, twenty minutes from the local lanes and, uh, Route 4, and ten minutes from 46 and five minutes off of the Palisades, but extremely crowded across the GW Bridge as you hit a checkpoint on the city side.
...7:21 Oh indeed, we've got those, uh, checkpoints up and running and that has been making for some real mayhem, especially in Queens along the Van Wyck coming into the Long Island Expressway and the LIE westbound side is crawling at Francis Lewis Boulevard up to Main Street with traffic diverted on the service road, which is also at a dead stop coming westbound up toward the, uh, Grand Central.
...Meanwhile, we've had lots of local traffic reported in, uh, Brooklyn over on, uh, Tillary Street, Flatbush Avenue, Third and Fourth Avenues, but today it has looked a lot better up in, uh, on the BQE, as I see it live here on the Jam Cam, coming up towards the Brooklyn Bridge area.
...Now, as far as the bridges and tunnels go, the George Washington Bridge has extremely heavy conditions, we are talking about delays of as much as, uh, over an hour on the inbound and upper deck coming from 80/95 Express, thirty minutes from the local lanes in Route 4, twenty minutes from 46, and five to ten minutes off of the Palisades.
...And if you're trying to cross the Hudson River, it has been extremely crowded on the inbound side of the GW Bridge, we are talking delays of as much as one hour from 80/95 Express lanes, maybe a, uh, half an hour from the local lanes and Route 46, and five to ten minute from Route 4 and the Palisades.
...As a matter of fact, there have not been big delays at the tolls at the Lincoln Tunnel, but looks can be deceiving because all that traffic is back on 495, close to forty-five minutes, a half an hour sitting in traffic in the Lincoln Tunnel, at least on the approach on 495 east coming down through Pleasant Avenue with, uh, traffic being, uh, checked there.
...And as far as what you need to know about the bridges and tunnels right now, some of the heaviest traffic has been the GW Bridge, still over a one hour delay from 80/95 Express and it's, uh, better from all the other approaches, but still heavy on the upper deck with a broken-down truck, uh, just before you get down to the Cross Bronx.
...You've got delays of over an hour from 80/95 Express, getting better from the other approaches, but still heavy across the upper level with a broken down truck on the city side and, uh, again farther down the Hudson, they're still having checkpoints as, uh, you come into town, and so though it's not backed up into the tolls, do expect delays from 495 heading into the Lincoln Tunnel and also, uh, coming down towards the Holland Tunnel, you'll catch, uh, some slowdowns as well.
...We've had delays on 495 eastbound side, though, uh, coming down through a checkpoint before you get down, uh, to the last exit in New Jersey and the Holland Tunnel still moving along well pretty well to the tolls.
...Other mass transit in the area has been running, uh, pretty much, uh, normally but you do have delays on the Long Island Railroad twenty to thirty minutes into Penn Station and delays on the Port Jefferson branch of LIRR because of a broken rail.
...As I, uh, scope things out there on the Jam Cam watching the bridges and tunnels, I still see at the inbound Lincoln Tunnel a ton of traffic, on 495 and then on the local streets in, uh, Weekhawken, uh, coming away from the Lincoln, uh, look, I think, just at this very moment they've let traffic come down the spiraling ramp down to the Lincoln Tunnel.
...But for now getting a look from the East Side of the BQE, we've got heavy traffic from the Gowanus Canal, through the Brooklyn Bridge, easing out through McGuiness-Humboldt Street, an accident there has been cleared downtown, still heavy from the Kosciuszko to the Manhattan Bridge, extra volume there.
...It looks like you've got a good go on the Cross Bronx Expressway, just remember if your heading west to the GW Bridge there is some construction under the apartments although right now, through the lens of the 1010 WINS Panasonic Jam Cam, we certainly don't see it causing any delays for commuters coming off the Deegan or on from the, uh, from the Cross Bronx Expressway itself.
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...And it looks like you've also got construction on the BQE, eastbound there's two lanes blocked Atlantic Avenue to Hamilton Avenue until five a.m. Looking at the bridges and tunnels, if you're going to the GW Bridge on Manhattan's East Side, the FDR Drive, or rather the Harlem River Drive portion, has the ramp to the bridge closed.
...It looks like some of the first early delays I'm seeing here on the, uh, Jam Cam is on the westbound side of the Long Island Expressway service road coming up towards the, uh, Grand Central Parkway in Queens as I see it live on the Jam Cam.
...You get farther west back into Queens and more delays on the Grand Central westbound side right near the Van Wyck, thanks to Mike, part of our traffic team checking in. You've got an accident in the right lane of the LIE, has been extra crowded on the outer lanes coming up, uh, towards the Grand Central.... And as far as the ride across the East River, it's been, uh, very busy at the Midtown Tunnel, especially since we've had an accident just cleared leaving Manhattan and, uh, two-way traffic has resumed but again, uh, delays are starting to build heading towards those East River crossings.
...6:51 Well, we're still seeing a heap of traffic in Queens as I watch on the Long Island Expressway here on the Panasonic Jam Cam and the thing about it is, is that the westbound side of the LIE, the main roadway coming up past the Grand Central is moving along very well.... And across the Hudson River, you've got delays, eh, at the GW Bridge of now over a half an hour from 80/95 Express, twenty minutes from the local lanes and, uh, Route 4, and ten minutes from 46 and five minutes off of the Palisades, but extremely crowded across the GW Bridge as you hit a checkpoint on the city side.
...7:21 Oh indeed, we've got those, uh, checkpoints up and running and that has been making for some real mayhem, especially in Queens along the Van Wyck coming into the Long Island Expressway and the LIE westbound side is crawling at Francis Lewis Boulevard up to Main Street with traffic diverted on the service road, which is also at a dead stop coming westbound up toward the, uh, Grand Central.
...Meanwhile, we've had lots of local traffic reported in, uh, Brooklyn over on, uh, Tillary Street, Flatbush Avenue, Third and Fourth Avenues, but today it has looked a lot better up in, uh, on the BQE, as I see it live here on the Jam Cam, coming up towards the Brooklyn Bridge area.
...Now, as far as the bridges and tunnels go, the George Washington Bridge has extremely heavy conditions, we are talking about delays of as much as, uh, over an hour on the inbound and upper deck coming from 80/95 Express, thirty minutes from the local lanes in Route 4, twenty minutes from 46, and five to ten minutes off of the Palisades.
...And if you're trying to cross the Hudson River, it has been extremely crowded on the inbound side of the GW Bridge, we are talking delays of as much as one hour from 80/95 Express lanes, maybe a, uh, half an hour from the local lanes and Route 46, and five to ten minute from Route 4 and the Palisades.
...As a matter of fact, there have not been big delays at the tolls at the Lincoln Tunnel, but looks can be deceiving because all that traffic is back on 495, close to forty-five minutes, a half an hour sitting in traffic in the Lincoln Tunnel, at least on the approach on 495 east coming down through Pleasant Avenue with, uh, traffic being, uh, checked there.
...And as far as what you need to know about the bridges and tunnels right now, some of the heaviest traffic has been the GW Bridge, still over a one hour delay from 80/95 Express and it's, uh, better from all the other approaches, but still heavy on the upper deck with a broken-down truck, uh, just before you get down to the Cross Bronx.
...You've got delays of over an hour from 80/95 Express, getting better from the other approaches, but still heavy across the upper level with a broken down truck on the city side and, uh, again farther down the Hudson, they're still having checkpoints as, uh, you come into town, and so though it's not backed up into the tolls, do expect delays from 495 heading into the Lincoln Tunnel and also, uh, coming down towards the Holland Tunnel, you'll catch, uh, some slowdowns as well.
...We've had delays on 495 eastbound side, though, uh, coming down through a checkpoint before you get down, uh, to the last exit in New Jersey and the Holland Tunnel still moving along well pretty well to the tolls.
...Other mass transit in the area has been running, uh, pretty much, uh, normally but you do have delays on the Long Island Railroad twenty to thirty minutes into Penn Station and delays on the Port Jefferson branch of LIRR because of a broken rail.
...As I, uh, scope things out there on the Jam Cam watching the bridges and tunnels, I still see at the inbound Lincoln Tunnel a ton of traffic, on 495 and then on the local streets in, uh, Weekhawken, uh, coming away from the Lincoln, uh, look, I think, just at this very moment they've let traffic come down the spiraling ramp down to the Lincoln Tunnel.
...But for now getting a look from the East Side of the BQE, we've got heavy traffic from the Gowanus Canal, through the Brooklyn Bridge, easing out through McGuiness-Humboldt Street, an accident there has been cleared downtown, still heavy from the Kosciuszko to the Manhattan Bridge, extra volume there.
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