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What would have been a 1/2 hour trip across town took 2 hours today. My timing was kind of bad and I know other people are dealing with this on a daily basis, but still that's ridiculous.
Following the normal route I would take left me walled off from continuing by stalled traffic, and each alternative I picked seemed to make things worse.
Eventually I got back onto the route I wanted and was able to just follow along, very slowly. I had plenty of time to take stock of the number of people in cars around me, usually one, sometimes two. I think I saw one car with people in the back seat.*
We've been told repeatedly to try and stay off the roads unless necessary, it has been suggested people should bicycle where possible, why have I not heard the other logical recommendation which is car-pooling?
This isn't to say it hasn't been made, but the fact that I haven't heard about it is a pretty good indication that it hasn't been -promoted-.
I googled and found a mention being asked to car-pool by the authorities here, in a driving blog. This was an aside to looking for sites facilitating carpooling, of which I found a few doing to/from Canterbury from other parts of the country one offering within-Chch rides, and honourable mention to UC Rideshare, which is probably a bit rooted at the moment.
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*Yes, there was just one of me as well. I was spontaneously responding to a call for helpers, had I time to arrange to pick up more people I would have. At least I wasn't burning petrol like most of the other vehicles inching along were doing.
Following the normal route I would take left me walled off from continuing by stalled traffic, and each alternative I picked seemed to make things worse.
Eventually I got back onto the route I wanted and was able to just follow along, very slowly. I had plenty of time to take stock of the number of people in cars around me, usually one, sometimes two. I think I saw one car with people in the back seat.*
We've been told repeatedly to try and stay off the roads unless necessary, it has been suggested people should bicycle where possible, why have I not heard the other logical recommendation which is car-pooling?
This isn't to say it hasn't been made, but the fact that I haven't heard about it is a pretty good indication that it hasn't been -promoted-.
I googled and found a mention being asked to car-pool by the authorities here, in a driving blog. This was an aside to looking for sites facilitating carpooling, of which I found a few doing to/from Canterbury from other parts of the country one offering within-Chch rides, and honourable mention to UC Rideshare, which is probably a bit rooted at the moment.
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*Yes, there was just one of me as well. I was spontaneously responding to a call for helpers, had I time to arrange to pick up more people I would have. At least I wasn't burning petrol like most of the other vehicles inching along were doing.
