Why has 270 been horrific in the mornings?

[Anonymous]

Our population keeps growing every year and they aren't doing anything about the roads.

[Anonymous]

Easy, too many cars for the amount of lane miles provided.

[Anonymous]

New exit being built (exit 12) - lots of construction and closed lanes.
More home in Clarksburg and g'burg being built in a very dense manner.
More riders from Frederick
Bottlenecks at the beltway
Schools in session.

[Anonymous]

Why is the memorial bridge construction going to take 3 years? I would think you could build a whole new one in less than one year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New exit being built (exit 12) - lots of construction and closed lanes.
More home in Clarksburg and g'burg being built in a very dense manner.
More riders from Frederick
Bottlenecks at the beltway
Schools in session.

Lots of new developments being built in Frederick County. It's crazy how traffic has increased in Frederick alone, then throw in 270...

[Anonymous]

My commute to school in the morning has gone from 35min to an hour from Frederick to Gaithersburg. I don't even bother with 270 but even the back roads are nuts now. Clarksburg road backs up about a mile before the turn onto Clopper Rd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My commute to school in the morning has gone from 35min to an hour from Frederick to Gaithersburg. I don't even bother with 270 but even the back roads are nuts now. Clarksburg road backs up about a mile before the turn onto Clopper Rd.

That's a good reason to stop going that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My commute to school in the morning has gone from 35min to an hour from Frederick to Gaithersburg. I don't even bother with 270 but even the back roads are nuts now. Clarksburg road backs up about a mile before the turn onto Clopper Rd.

That's a good reason to stop going that way.

Brilliant idea. Actually, I've tried Barnesville Rd, 355, 270, etc....they all suck equally

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is the memorial bridge construction going to take 3 years? I would think you could build a whole new one in less than one year?

Yeah, we've all seen what happens when you install insta-bridges in under a year.

[Anonymous]

The problem isn't the cars, it's the drivers. They're always making sub-optimal decisions. Autonomous cars will coordinate with each other via radio and reduce the bottlenecks. Today's roads can handle ten tiimes the traffic with this coordination.

[Anonymous]

If you live in MoCo, then I'd recommend voting against Elrich for County Exec. His solution to 270 is to ignore it or add in BRT (buses), which doesn't work well given how spread out things are up-county. Ficker lives in Boyds, and Floreen seems to have at least some grasp on the need for more roads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you live in MoCo, then I'd recommend voting against Elrich for County Exec. His solution to 270 is to ignore it or add in BRT (buses), which doesn't work well given how spread out things are up-county. Ficker lives in Boyds, and Floreen seems to have at least some grasp on the need for more roads.

. Yes a 16 lane road is a solution ...for a few years until we need 20 lanes. If you can't carpool or use public transportation or live bear your job you need to plan to sit in traffic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When is 270 not terrible? It’s always jammed on one side or the other even on weekends.

This. We live in nova and have family in Lakelands (Gaithersburg.) Every time we go it’s a giant mess. Time of day/day of week makes little difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem isn't the cars, it's the drivers. They're always making sub-optimal decisions. Autonomous cars will coordinate with each other via radio and reduce the bottlenecks. Today's roads can handle ten tiimes the traffic with this coordination.

Not in anyone here lifetime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you live in MoCo, then I'd recommend voting against Elrich for County Exec. His solution to 270 is to ignore it or add in BRT (buses), which doesn't work well given how spread out things are up-county. Ficker lives in Boyds, and Floreen seems to have at least some grasp on the need for more roads.

. Yes a 16 lane road is a solution ...for a few years until we need 20 lanes. If you can't carpool or use public transportation or live bear your job you need to plan to sit in traffic.

The last time 270 was widened was in the late 1980's. It's time for another expansion.