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Working people with weekday full time jobs have a tendency to try to get all their errands done on Saturday and Sunday. I just drove from Providence down to Warwick to go to Rhode Island's only Trader Joe's, something I do maybe once per month. The traffic on Bald Hill Road in that area is regularly horrendous on the weekend, from a stretch South of the Malls down almost all the way to Inskip. I try to avoid this area, but every now and then I head down there to get to TJ's and will probably do so until they get around to locating one in Providence.
So Rhode Island drivers, what are your experiences of places in Rhode Island with high traffic congestion on the weekend?
Funny, we got stuck in that area this afternoon too.
It took 40 minutes to drive from the Centerville Rd exit to an appointment near Trader Joe on Rt 2. Complete and total gridlock on Rt 2 and the E/W roads connecting to 95, full-fledged meltdown.
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Funny, we got stuck in that area this afternoon too.
It took 40 minutes to drive from the Centerville Rd exit to an appointment near Trader Joe on Rt 2. Complete and total gridlock on Rt 2 and the E/W roads connecting to 95, full-fledged meltdown.
Two mile drive - 40 minutes.
Insane.
It was. I think we may be spoiled in Rhode Island. If I encountered such traffic back when I lived in greater Boston, I wouldn't have thought twice about it.
Agree that Rte 4 on a weekend between June-Aug. is even worse.
It was. I think we may be spoiled in Rhode Island. If I encountered such traffic back when I lived in greater Boston, I wouldn't have thought twice about it.
Agree that Rte 4 on a weekend between June-Aug. is even worse.
The infrastructure in ri is just horrible. Its really amazing that an area of this population could have such horrible traffic but somehow the city planners managed to do it. Not to mention the poor condition of the roads. Infrastructure and quality is actually worse here than in many third world countries
The infrastructure in ri is just horrible. Its really amazing that an area of this population could have such horrible traffic but somehow the city planners managed to do it. Not to mention the poor condition of the roads. Infrastructure and quality is actually worse here than in many third world countries
I would agree with that. Few places to which I have traveled have worse roads. Narrow, uneven, dangerously large pot holes. I know the weather has quite a bit to do with that, but it freezes and snows in CT, too, and the roads are better.
As high as the taxes are, one would think they would allocate more to repair. Not just dumping a bunch of hotpatch on a hole and calling it a day.
I understand they can't make roads wider, as there is only so much room left, and many of the roads are paved over trails from hundreds of years ago. But I tell ya, it sure is nice driving out here in a "new" city where just about every road is 3 or 4 lanes going each way with a turning lane in the middle. I guess when you build a city by paving over desert, you get to do it right to begin with.
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