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Re: [PLUG] Car pool from Suburbs for tomorrows meeting.
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Actually, I live in Swarthmore too. I take Baltimore (pike/ave)
frequently to get to the meetings and it's not too bad.
Especially since I take the back roads to get to Home Depot
first. From there I miss the "golden mile" (barf).
I agree that the traffic in Springfield is simply horrible.
The only drawback to Baltimore Ave. is the traffic lights.
Since I'm usually traveling in my Miata, I'm more at home on city
streets than the interstates - when I drive the truck it's usually
I95 all the way :-)
I only have one extra seat... anybody need a ride tonight from
Swarthmore?
Eric
On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 10:22:34AM -0500, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 09:49:23AM -0500, Walt Mankowski wrote:
> > Did you mean the Schuylkill Expressway? :-) Actually the Schuylkill
> > usually isn't too bad going into the city after around 6:30 PM.
>
> Hrm. Yes. Yes I did. :^>
>
> In my defense, I hadn't slept when I wrote that... should have stuck
> with numbers.
>
> > I take this route all the time. You should be able to make it from
> > Haverford to USP in about half an hour.
>
> I'll try that this evening.
>
> > From Swarthmore I'd be tempted to go all the way down Baltimore Ave.,
> > especially if the Blue Route is backed up. I've done that ride
> > without any traffic and it only took about 20 minutes. With traffic,
> > who knows.
>
> Yeah, but the Blue Route is minimally (if at all) involved coming
> from where I live in Swarthmore. (I usually just get on 95 at
> MacDade, right on the border between Swarthmore and Chester.)
>
> Baltimore (Pike, not Ave, till the Philly side of Springfield ;^>)
> isn't a road you want to be going either direction on through
> Springfield at any point during the work day, imho. And then it
> narrows down to one lane in either direction and the stop lights get
> even more frequent till you get to the city. And the trolleys...
>
> --
> gabriel rosenkoetter
> gr@eclipsed.net
--
# Eric Allan Lucas
# "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth
# And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings..
# -- John Gillespie Magee Jr.
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