How Long is Commute from Plymouth Meeting to Princeton? (Norristown: house, live in)

[melyn]

I've heard the traffic on 276 to 95 and route 1 are a disaster during the morning and evening rush hour.

Is this true?

Google maps approximates it would be 53 minutes, but what does it look like in the real world??

Commuting at 7:30 - 8 am from Plymouth Meeting to Plainsboro and home to plymouth meeting at around 5-5:30 PM

Thanks

[maf763]

It would just be 276 to Route 1, but even so, 53 minutes is really optimistic, to say the least. The problem is a lack of alternate routes, so if there is anything to snarl traffic on either road, you're stuck literally and figuratively. You'll also be dealing with tolls on both roads (Rte. 1 on the way home only) so having EZ Pass is a must.

[orrmobl]

I did this commute for a year from Upper Darby and then ran into a guy on the L who does it all the time. He recommended using the Turnpike and said he used to make it from Norristown to Princeton in an hour average...take it for what it's worth...In bad weather, that commute can be as long as 2 hours.

[solibs]

Originally Posted by maf763

The problem is a lack of alternate routes, so if there is anything to snarl traffic on either road, you're stuck literally and figuratively.

The only part you won't have a choice on is the first 20 miles of the trip and from what i've seen it's normally heavier westbound.

Once you get to Route 1 your options really open up:

You can take 1 north the whole way as it's expressway until you cross 95 north of Trenton.

If there's a tie-up on Route 1 you can get off at 95 north in Langhorne, bypass Trenton, and get back on 1 north when the two roads cross again.

If it all looks ugly you can stay on 276 into NJ and take Route 130 north to I-295 north to Route 1 north.

[maf763]

Right, but if there's a tie-up on Route 1, you'll be bypassing Trenton with several thousand others who are doing the same thing. And so forth.

[solibs]

Originally Posted by maf763

Right, but if there's a tie-up on Route 1, you'll be bypassing Trenton with several thousand others who are doing the same thing. And so forth.

so you take route 130/295 . . . there's more than one way to get there.

[andreaspercheron]

Originally Posted by melyn

I've heard the traffic on 276 to 95 and route 1 are a disaster during the morning and evening rush hour.

Is this true?

Google maps approximates it would be 53 minutes, but what does it look like in the real world??

Commuting at 7:30 - 8 am from Plymouth Meeting to Plainsboro and home to plymouth meeting at around 5-5:30 PM

Thanks

Yes, they are a disaster.. we live in Horsham which is about 25 mins closer to Princeton than you are and it still takes my fiance an hour and 20 mins to get from our house in Horsham to his job in Princeton. I think you are realistically looking at easily an hour and 40 mins or longer - if you were leaving super early in the morning you would have better time but when you leave the average time and come home the average time that most others are on the road, you are going to have a very long commute.