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Astute, I did the green line from Feb through April. It was great but... I got tired of racing out of the house to get a parking spot, the guaranteed 1.5 hours each way and the lack of mobility at lunch if I want it. All together, I finally started driving and average one hour in or slightly less and one and quarter back. That's on average 45 minutes a day. What time do you get to the parking lot? It basically was filling by 7:15/7:30. BTW, there is a connector, a busline I think, a coworker takes the train from San Clemente and gets on the Greenline somehow.



The big difference for me was <a href="http://www.trafficgauge.com/">trafficgauge.</a> It gives me visibility to know my commute and more importantly, since I'm coming from the 105/405 I can choose multiple routes home, tonight, under an hour and likely saved myself 15 minutes by avoiding the southbay curve which was showing a solid backlog most of the drive from the 105 to the 710 which would probably make 45 minutes to the 710 if not longer. It was almost illogical tonight, 105 -> 110 -> 91 -> 605 -> 405 a few slight slowdowns, only one near stop... 405 southbay would have been guaranteed stops. I find that it help destress the drive just know what the next couple miles will be bad if it's bad and how long it will be bad. I figure break even on my monthly cost is under ten minutes of saved time a month.
 
[quote author="Trooper" date=1215846836]

BTW, all you doubters out there: We are giving out tickets like hotcakes for this. It's like shooting fish in a barrel. Do yourselves a favor and go out and get a handsfree device. /preaching</blockquote>


Please don't stop preaching....

On the way to dinner, I had 3 ladys in GIANT SUV's do a rolling road block at 35mph... why? Because they were all on the phone, I wish the Mush-Stang had a horn that worked...

OH well, keep it safe.

-bix
 
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Youtube video on the subject in Chicago and it's burbs...
 
[quote author="Astute Observer" date=1215952821]NSR, I also have the trafficgauge, and had it when it first came out years ago. When I was working in the Valley, I used to do a 101->134->5->10->710->5->605->91->5->55 to get home maybe 3 times a week. I was younger back then.



I usually get to the Norwalk station before 6am to get parking spot. It is about 3/4 full at that point. I prefers to do this since I can stay late without worrying getting stucked on 405... I don't know why it takes you an hour and a half, since the train ride is about 30 minutes (unless you need to walk more than a mile to get to work from the station), and the drive is about another 30 minute or so.</blockquote>


It's the time difference, at 7:15 there's enough congestion in/out and bus drops that i's closer to 40 minutes inbound to Norwalk station. Getting out, I double whammied first getting unto the 605 south bound and again at the 605/405 junction.



So basically 35-40 minutes to get to the lot (405/605 at 7AM), 5 minutes walking from the far end of the lot to the ticket machine and getting a ticket, (make note: anybody wants to ride, waste the money on the monthly pass, the headache isn't worth using coins.) 50/50 shot on missing the train by a couple minutes ~+5 minutes standing (I'm amazed at the number of times I wanted to beat the person in front of me staring at the machine deciding which pass to buy as the train is sitting in the station only to miss the train.) ~30 minutes on the train. 10 minute walk ~1/2-3/4 mile w/ major lights/intersections.



I've done 6AM and 3:30 PM, my drive at those times would be 45 minutes right now. Hopefully it stays light. I really liked the train, if I could bus to it, it would be great. But I found I was getting as stressed rushing to get a parking spot as the drive was doing.
 
[quote author="no_vaseline" date=1215833034]I don't know how you keep a gap in Socal traffic. Every time I get what I think is 'defensable' space, some meathead puts the slide on me to take it away. And then brakes. Right in front of me. Annoying.</blockquote>


That happened to me this morning. I slowed down toward a red light. Then a jackass sped up and cut me off to be first at the light. Am I crazy or something? I'd always thought that you slow down to a "stop" light. Not speed up to one. How intelligent.
 
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