The Bane of My Commute

I-195
Originally uploaded by lloydsm2004.

I work in East Providence, RI. Its not very far from my house, other than it is on the other side of the Narragansett Bay from me.

That being said, my commute takes me through Providence everyday in order to catch I-195 into East Providence as it is the only route in Northern Rhode Island to take you from the West Bay to the East Bay (and vice versa).

The portion of my commute on 195 is 3 miles. However, it accounts for 90% of the time in my commute. Whoever thought it was okay to build a freeway with so many S-Curves and so many on and off ramps in such close proximity was NUTS. Do you hear me N-V-T-S NUTS!

Case in point. I left work at 6 PM on Wednesday night. I thought, ahh...traffic should be lightening up. Oh no! To go three miles on I-195 took me an hour on Wednesday night. I finally reached 95 south at 7:05 PM.

I know everybody deals with horrible traffic these days, but this is the least enjoyable part of my job. Every afternoon I know I have to fight this traffic. There is an alternative, but since you have to cut through the city of Providence it rarely ever saves any time.

Que Sera Sera

So tell me about your commute times.