Now that I live in Seattle, Cleveland rush hour amuses me. Some perspective – the SR520 bridge in Seattle gets 106,000 cars on it every weekday (and 87,000 on a weekend). In Cleveland, you’d find similar traffic volumes on I-271 in Mayfield or on I-90 on the west side. The SR520 bridge has two lanes, meaning 53,000 per lane during the week. I-271 and I-90 both have 10 lanes, or 11,000 per lane during the week. This morning I was guessing that typical weekend traffic in Seattle was 4x the rush hour traffic I saw this morning. I guess I wasn’t too far off.
Summary: 10 lanes in Cleveland serve the same amount of traffic as 2 lanes in Seattle.
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