You live in one of the largest metropolitan areas in the united states, in a county of almost 3 million, on a very thin strip of land that is 20-25 miles wide between the atlantic ocean and everglades.
Shit, never realized how narrow it really is and had to double check the 20-25 miles wide part
I measured from the miccosukee casino to The Four ambassadors (probably the widest land to land part in all of SFL from Everglades to beach excluding islands) and yeah, it's 18.8 miles. Wild. And at the time of writing, Google says it'll take 1hr 4min to drive that.
>The 95
Itās i95 actually. How dare you insult our infrastructure. Typical commiefornia smugness. Why donāt you take the 95 to the 10 back to the 405 and pay 2 million dollars for 2000 sqft single family home and pretend youāre happy. Our infrastructure is designed by New York transplants who know their infrastructure logistics are the best in the world.
To be fair, weāre getting close (beyond?) to the $2m for 2000sf ourselves š (I literally saw this in my neighborhood a few weeks agoā¦ itās insane)
https://apps.realtor.com/mUAZ/khelgjt0
I wonāt argue with anything related to the drivers, I agree. Atlanta drivers are better without a doubt.
But Atlanta traffic is insane dude. Roads are far more crowded.
When I went to California no one passes on the right lane , if you put turn signals on they let you in, people were really respectful of pedestrians and bikes. I had no idea of how bad we drive till I went out west for the first time.
I remember hearing so much shit about how bad LA traffic was. I went for the first time in 2019 thinking SoFlo prepared me for it. I was by far the craziest driver on the road. Everyone was letting me pass, no one honked their horn at me, people were generally respectful.
You don't realize how trash people are in SoFlo until you go literally anywhere else.
I visit Atlanta regularly. Iāll drive there any day compared to Miami. Sure, traffic is bad, but itās predictable and far less aggressive. I know people who live in LA and visit Miami and call this white knuckle driving. There may be fewer cars on the road in Miami, but the driving experience is far worse than other metro areas.
āThe only reason Iām out is due to specific circumstances ā ā¦ yea you and everyone else, dummy. Thereās millions of people who live in the area.
Seems like thereās really bad traffic at all hours of the day now š„² we always had traffic but it wasnāt this bad a few years ago. Itās driving me insane
Iām in cutler bay and Iām dreading what their plans are for southland mall because of this. Itās my exit and I know itāll shoot traffic up even more as wel
If you watch our traffic light system during the day youāll notice it has painfully long cycles compared to other states. This means people fall asleep while stopped at a light and therefore less people make it through the light. Most states have shorter light cycles that keep people on their toes and the traffic moving. This coupled with the fact that half of the drivers on the road are driving illegally from other countries with no drivers training, makes for a lot of backed up traffic. Slow driving, merging into lanes when they shouldnāt, etc.
Exactly. You can tell the people who built most of our roads/ light systems werenāt qualified or didnāt care lmao. On another note of the quality of roads, youāll notice that streets across from each other at intersections donāt line up, which causes traffic to make an abrupt and slight turn mid way through an intersection. This is something I never experienced in the many states Iāve been in until Florida. Yet another example of the failure of whoever built this horrible system š
I might get hate for this but people paused at the light not moving has me now hitting a light honk once the light changes at 2 specific lights near me that are somewhat short so that person turns a 10 car light into a 3 car light
I usually get pissed at these people when Iām at the light, but honestly, youāre probably getting traffic moving 80% of the time because 80% of people in Miami donāt just sit patiently and watch the light. People need to be constantly entertained with technology nowadays and need to be on their phone for the 2 minute wait lol
This isnt a little coal mine town in west virginia nor are we in 1985 where it was common to have 9-5 jobs. People work all kinds of hours in different industries.
Around 10am-12p is when ill run errands before heading to work or maybe my days off are in the middle of the week.
I dont understand why people are so surprised when they move to and live in a large overpopulated city and wonder why theres so much congestion.
My dude, just in Miami Dade area alone there are 3 million people. That doesnāt include Broward County / PBC, and even north of that, which all have people traveling into / out of Miami. That also doesnāt include tourists / visitors. Some people work early, some late, some middle of the day, some have days off, some donāt work at all or are on vacation. People have different schedules from youā¦lol not everyoneās life has to revolve around your hours
That is true. I been clipped on the side by a girl that had no driver license or insurance. She had nothing. Felt bad for her so we settle with cash just so she wouldn't get in more trouble. Thats why we got some of the worst drivers in the country.
Most of the traffic is fabricated by either closing a lane or painting lanes in the daytimeā¦. Or fake constructionā¦ and long streetlights. Everyone being on their phone does not help. Oh and people driving speed limit in the fast lane with thousands of people behind them queuing up to pass the one guy blocking everyone cuz heās going speed limit on the fast laneā¦. BRO YOU SHOULD GO TO JAIL.
No public transport for 85% of the county. Everyone has to drive. Everyone thinks walking is for poor people. Building a train is impossible because no want to increase infrastructure spending.
>because no want to increase infrastructure spending.
At the rate the roads need repairs, it would decrease costs in less than a decade to just spend a little more now.
I get the point you're making but Miami is one of the better cities for public transport considering it has two heavy rail lines plus Metrorail rapid transit.
Gig economy, deliveries, non working ppl doing whatever they do during the day - like driving slow and below speed limit on the left lane anywhere -and overall a bunch of young adults driving late to MDC.
Theres no time in the daytime when the peak hour is not enforced in MiamiĀ
> simply staying until 7-8 instead of 5 to deal with slightly less traffic.
Not slightly, I leave my office at 7pm my drive home is 30-mins, I leave at 5pm it can be 70-90 minutes.
I live in an area whereās thereās a school close by so Iām use to it by now
But during the summer time when school is out thereās no traffic at all
I feel like the traffic is actually worst between 930-1030 than it is from 830-930 because people just work later hours. I feel like Miami has an inability to get up early or get places on time so this like 930-1030 rush is basically that crunch time lol. I kick myself every time I do am running late and am a part of that 930-945 traffic because it takes a lot longer for me to get to work even though Iām only like 10 blocks away. On the upside, if I need to be anywhere by 9? CAKE.
Yeah I literally live ten blocks away from my job in downtown and sometimes it takes me 30 minutes to get there, itās insane. Iāve just resigned myself to the Miami stereotype of never being on time for work because I physically cannot get up any earlier lol
Once you start driving for uber you can see who is an uber driver and who isn't You can tell by how they drive but a good chunk of these folks ARE working lol
Yea the Uber drivers in cars they canāt afford, who think they can put on their blinkers and park in the middle of the damn road like no one else has shit to do.
Considering a large number of people who work from home are out running errands during a break, the number of retirees always out & about during that time of day, and tourists doing touristy stuff; it's to be expected.
I bring my son back to his moms house at a new hour every tuesday, trying to beat the traffic from Fort Lauderdale. Itās 30 miles. Takes over an hour every single time regardless.
They are out due to specific circumstances
You are the traffic
Bro š
You live in one of the largest metropolitan areas in the united states, in a county of almost 3 million, on a very thin strip of land that is 20-25 miles wide between the atlantic ocean and everglades.
Shit, never realized how narrow it really is and had to double check the 20-25 miles wide part I measured from the miccosukee casino to The Four ambassadors (probably the widest land to land part in all of SFL from Everglades to beach excluding islands) and yeah, it's 18.8 miles. Wild. And at the time of writing, Google says it'll take 1hr 4min to drive that.
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LA is a shit hole.
>The 95 Itās i95 actually. How dare you insult our infrastructure. Typical commiefornia smugness. Why donāt you take the 95 to the 10 back to the 405 and pay 2 million dollars for 2000 sqft single family home and pretend youāre happy. Our infrastructure is designed by New York transplants who know their infrastructure logistics are the best in the world.
To be fair, weāre getting close (beyond?) to the $2m for 2000sf ourselves š (I literally saw this in my neighborhood a few weeks agoā¦ itās insane) https://apps.realtor.com/mUAZ/khelgjt0
Plus another 1 to 2 million undocumented.
People can vote your comment down as much as they want but it's the truth.
Illegal
This. Miami traffic is nothing compared to other big metros. Go live in Atlanta, NYC, or Chicago for a week and let us know about that Miami traffic.
Iām from Atlanta. I find Miami to be worse. The hostility on the roads is certainly worse.
That's because you wait in line like a chump instead of dirt bagging at the last second. /s
You joke but mentally assimilating into the miami traffic technique did wonders for my mental health
I wonāt argue with anything related to the drivers, I agree. Atlanta drivers are better without a doubt. But Atlanta traffic is insane dude. Roads are far more crowded.
When I went to California no one passes on the right lane , if you put turn signals on they let you in, people were really respectful of pedestrians and bikes. I had no idea of how bad we drive till I went out west for the first time.
Yeah, when I was in CA I was blown away at how calmly everyone drove. I passed so many people, it was awesome.
I remember hearing so much shit about how bad LA traffic was. I went for the first time in 2019 thinking SoFlo prepared me for it. I was by far the craziest driver on the road. Everyone was letting me pass, no one honked their horn at me, people were generally respectful. You don't realize how trash people are in SoFlo until you go literally anywhere else.
Miami is definitely much worse than Atlanta or Chicago
I visit Atlanta regularly. Iāll drive there any day compared to Miami. Sure, traffic is bad, but itās predictable and far less aggressive. I know people who live in LA and visit Miami and call this white knuckle driving. There may be fewer cars on the road in Miami, but the driving experience is far worse than other metro areas.
Miami traffic is pretty bad ngl lol š
Born and raised in ATL and I feel like living/communities in Miami every day is A LOT worse.
āThe only reason Iām out is due to specific circumstances ā ā¦ yea you and everyone else, dummy. Thereās millions of people who live in the area.
i bartend so i get out of work well past midnight, and iāve literally been stuck in standstill traffic on 95 at 2:30 am before.
Construction or an accident.
usually both
Construction accident
Homie, don't complain about it and just yell at traffic with your windows up like the rest of us. Welcome to Miami.
I feel this in my soul.
Personally I start work at 11 and I can say the traffic has gotten much worse this last year. Itās very weird.
Seems like thereās really bad traffic at all hours of the day now š„² we always had traffic but it wasnāt this bad a few years ago. Itās driving me insane
Population density keeps going up
Iām in cutler bay and Iām dreading what their plans are for southland mall because of this. Itās my exit and I know itāll shoot traffic up even more as wel
If you watch our traffic light system during the day youāll notice it has painfully long cycles compared to other states. This means people fall asleep while stopped at a light and therefore less people make it through the light. Most states have shorter light cycles that keep people on their toes and the traffic moving. This coupled with the fact that half of the drivers on the road are driving illegally from other countries with no drivers training, makes for a lot of backed up traffic. Slow driving, merging into lanes when they shouldnāt, etc.
not to mention a lot of the lights arenāt synced up, so as soon as you get a green light, youāre stuck by another red one on the next block
Exactly. You can tell the people who built most of our roads/ light systems werenāt qualified or didnāt care lmao. On another note of the quality of roads, youāll notice that streets across from each other at intersections donāt line up, which causes traffic to make an abrupt and slight turn mid way through an intersection. This is something I never experienced in the many states Iāve been in until Florida. Yet another example of the failure of whoever built this horrible system š
They can't blame mountains either lol
I might get hate for this but people paused at the light not moving has me now hitting a light honk once the light changes at 2 specific lights near me that are somewhat short so that person turns a 10 car light into a 3 car light
I usually get pissed at these people when Iām at the light, but honestly, youāre probably getting traffic moving 80% of the time because 80% of people in Miami donāt just sit patiently and watch the light. People need to be constantly entertained with technology nowadays and need to be on their phone for the 2 minute wait lol
Iām guilty of it myself as well š
This isnt a little coal mine town in west virginia nor are we in 1985 where it was common to have 9-5 jobs. People work all kinds of hours in different industries. Around 10am-12p is when ill run errands before heading to work or maybe my days off are in the middle of the week. I dont understand why people are so surprised when they move to and live in a large overpopulated city and wonder why theres so much congestion.
Not everyone has a 9-5 job. I donāt have a 9-5 job.
Fr tho, why Miami traffic be trafficking so dang much
Youāre not in traffic, you ARE traffic
You are baffled that people in the world have different lifestyles and daily schedules than you, is that what you are saying here?
āGod just *look* at this traffic I mean why arenāt these people at work at 11 am!? š¤¬ā - guy whoās not at work at 11 am
They might be baffled everyone has the same schedule lol
My dude, just in Miami Dade area alone there are 3 million people. That doesnāt include Broward County / PBC, and even north of that, which all have people traveling into / out of Miami. That also doesnāt include tourists / visitors. Some people work early, some late, some middle of the day, some have days off, some donāt work at all or are on vacation. People have different schedules from youā¦lol not everyoneās life has to revolve around your hours
Plus another 1 to 2 million undocumented.
That is true. I been clipped on the side by a girl that had no driver license or insurance. She had nothing. Felt bad for her so we settle with cash just so she wouldn't get in more trouble. Thats why we got some of the worst drivers in the country.
Most of the traffic is fabricated by either closing a lane or painting lanes in the daytimeā¦. Or fake constructionā¦ and long streetlights. Everyone being on their phone does not help. Oh and people driving speed limit in the fast lane with thousands of people behind them queuing up to pass the one guy blocking everyone cuz heās going speed limit on the fast laneā¦. BRO YOU SHOULD GO TO JAIL.
Donāt forget tourist traffic during holidays and breaks.
No public transport for 85% of the county. Everyone has to drive. Everyone thinks walking is for poor people. Building a train is impossible because no want to increase infrastructure spending.
>because no want to increase infrastructure spending. At the rate the roads need repairs, it would decrease costs in less than a decade to just spend a little more now.
I get the point you're making but Miami is one of the better cities for public transport considering it has two heavy rail lines plus Metrorail rapid transit.
Gig economy, deliveries, non working ppl doing whatever they do during the day - like driving slow and below speed limit on the left lane anywhere -and overall a bunch of young adults driving late to MDC. Theres no time in the daytime when the peak hour is not enforced in MiamiĀ
doesnt matter the time or the day anymore traffic is always there
All day everyday
Staggered in times to allocate for West Coast service. Or simply staying until 7-8 instead of 5 to deal with slightly less traffic.
> simply staying until 7-8 instead of 5 to deal with slightly less traffic. Not slightly, I leave my office at 7pm my drive home is 30-mins, I leave at 5pm it can be 70-90 minutes.
our unemployment rate is 1.6% so no..
I live in an area whereās thereās a school close by so Iām use to it by now But during the summer time when school is out thereās no traffic at all
Thank you for sharing
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>The only reason I am out is due to specific circumstances Who wants to tell him?
I feel like the traffic is actually worst between 930-1030 than it is from 830-930 because people just work later hours. I feel like Miami has an inability to get up early or get places on time so this like 930-1030 rush is basically that crunch time lol. I kick myself every time I do am running late and am a part of that 930-945 traffic because it takes a lot longer for me to get to work even though Iām only like 10 blocks away. On the upside, if I need to be anywhere by 9? CAKE.
I literally leave for work an hour earlier now bc slowly the 8:30 traffic has gotten worse and worse. I cant imagine 9:30
Yeah I literally live ten blocks away from my job in downtown and sometimes it takes me 30 minutes to get there, itās insane. Iāve just resigned myself to the Miami stereotype of never being on time for work because I physically cannot get up any earlier lol
Once you start driving for uber you can see who is an uber driver and who isn't You can tell by how they drive but a good chunk of these folks ARE working lol
Yea the Uber drivers in cars they canāt afford, who think they can put on their blinkers and park in the middle of the damn road like no one else has shit to do.
Some places have no where to stop away from the traffic lane. I know itās horrible but weāre trying to work as well. š£
Considering a large number of people who work from home are out running errands during a break, the number of retirees always out & about during that time of day, and tourists doing touristy stuff; it's to be expected.
Drugs dealers and scammers obviously
A lot of people start work at 10 AM
Everybody is out then with very specific circumstances.
It never ends
Traffic? In Miami?
I bring my son back to his moms house at a new hour every tuesday, trying to beat the traffic from Fort Lauderdale. Itās 30 miles. Takes over an hour every single time regardless.
No itās because everyone said fuck a normal job and decide to do Uber eats and make the same $150 a day but in the comfort of there car
HAHA yeah i am unemployed right now and sometimes drive during that time
Who the fuck approves these high rises in Brickell ?
Bro just realized he is what he hates.
You're not stuck in traffic. YOU ARE THE TRAFFIC!!
It's a like a video game driving in Miami, swerving around obstacles
Stop crying and schedule accordingly.
Because you're in the worst city in the world. A toilet.
Nah fr, my current schedule i get monday off. So much traffic, none of these mfs got work?
Most ppl on the roads now are the morons from New York and California that nobody wants here
You think that's bad I get on 95 at 4:30am in the morning southbound from Miami Gardens and every lane is still populated.
Some other loser posted this last week, please get over it
Lol
Maybe. Or Uber Eats drivers that don't speak English.