[retiree2011]

Originally Posted by SeaDoo342

You're right on that!!!! It's ridiculous….and they seem to be making it worse. Instead of making it easier for traffic to pass through NH, they are making it more difficult…

I retired from Yale New Haven in 2011 and the traffic was one big reason I packed it in rather than stay another year to get "full" Social Security benefits. It took me 45 minutes to travel the 5 miles to work at 3 pm. At night I went thru downtown (Chapel St) to Wooster Square to avoid some of the mess. Then they closed 2 of the exits on Route 34 and made the situation worse. Now when I go to the hospital to visit former co-workers I almost don't know where I am when I get off 34.

You have my sympathy driving thru this every day for the next several months.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by Eightfour

My wife is due any day now and we will be coming in from southington area to Yale New Haven York street entrance. Will we run into the construction? I am not familiar with the area much at all. We would be taking exit one off 91 onto north frontage, onto college, congress, cedar, then onto York. Is that a good way or would we hit construction? Is there a better way to go?

Yes, you will. The highway now ends at Church Street which means you have several blocks to drive to get to the hospital. I have not been down there recently but maybe someone that has can tell you of the problems first hand. Jay

[mikelizard860]

You can thank the killing of route 34 to the green "anti-car" people. It will be even worse now, not better.

[Stylo]

Originally Posted by retiree2011

I retired from Yale New Haven in 2011 and the traffic was one big reason I packed it in rather than stay another year to get "full" Social Security benefits. It took me 45 minutes to travel the 5 miles to work at 3 pm. At night I went thru downtown (Chapel St) to Wooster Square to avoid some of the mess. Then they closed 2 of the exits on Route 34 and made the situation worse. Now when I go to the hospital to visit former co-workers I almost don't know where I am when I get off 34.

You have my sympathy driving thru this every day for the next several months.

Seriously? I just traversed 34 and back to get lunch yesterday at 12:30 (and do multiple times a week) and there was no significant traffic at all.

Were you going south on 34 at 3PM or north?

It does get pretty bad between 4:30-6, but I've never had an issue during the work day.

[mikelizard860]

Originally Posted by Stylo

Seriously? I just traversed 34 and back to get lunch yesterday at 12:30 (and do multiple times a week) and there was no significant traffic at all.

Were you going south on 34 at 3PM or north?

It does get pretty bad between 4:30-6, but I've never had an issue during the work day.

In downtown new haven, it's normal for it to take 15 minutes to go just a few blocks in the downtown core from 7am to 7pm. The area around the hospital/chapel st/the new haven green is gridlocked bad during the day.

[Mr_250]

Originally Posted by Eightfour

My wife is due any day now and we will be coming in from southington area to Yale New Haven York street entrance. Will we run into the construction? I am not familiar with the area much at all. We would be taking exit one off 91 onto north frontage, onto college, congress, cedar, then onto York. Is that a good way or would we hit construction? Is there a better way to go?

Yes you will hit traffic. The contractor is doing work and might have some lanes of I91 closed at night. Either way, you are going to hit traffic since the majority of ramps/roads have been reconfigured.

[retiree2011]

Originally Posted by Stylo

Seriously? I just traversed 34 and back to get lunch yesterday at 12:30 (and do multiple times a week) and there was no significant traffic at all.

Were you going south on 34 at 3PM or north?

It does get pretty bad between 4:30-6, but I've never had an issue during the work day.

When they first put in a traffic light just before Air Rights Garage entrance, traffic would back up for well over a half-mile on 34 back onto the highway. I could see the garage at that point but it took me longer to get to it than it took me to drive from the East Haven/Branford border to the backup. I always worked evenings, so don't know how mid-day traffic is. Co-workers leaving certain times of the late afternoon would often just stay and finish things and wait for backups to ease before trying to leave.

Glad I don't have to do it anymore.

[smackfu]

Originally Posted by mikelizard860

You can thank the killing of route 34 to the green "anti-car" people. It will be even worse now, not better.

I think the city has decided that it's not the city's priority to make it easier for people to commute in from other towns, if that is to the detriment of New Haven, which 34 definitely is.

[mikelizard860]

Originally Posted by smackfu

I think the city has decided that it's not the city's priority to make it easier for people to commute in from other towns, if that is to the detriment of New Haven, which 34 definitely is.

Yes and people who want to come there to go to dinner/lunch/spend money are also discouraged because of traffic. It makes it a pain in the butt

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by smackfu

I think the city has decided that it's not the city's priority to make it easier for people to commute in from other towns, if that is to the detriment of New Haven, which 34 definitely is.

I agree that this was their reasoning for it, and I also agree it has a lot to do with the green, anti-car demographic. A very selfish move by those with this agenda. If they think this is going to cause people to move into the city - think again. We will always be a car-oriented state. IMO we will see a lot more pedestrian vs car accidents in downtown New Haven.