Sandy Johnston
Wait wait wait IDOT is telling people the new Circle interchange is going to reduce congestion 50%? What are they smoking?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/12/14/23509238/jane-byrne-interchange-project-traffic-congestion?fbclid=IwAR0jb7MdN8oOlcKBK_fxIzw2yi5KkHo9d--T5A7JfYvQzsXFhtTkMy7pq-Y
After nearly 10 years, Jane Byrne Interchange ‘substantially complete,’ expected to cut congestion in half

“It’s been an awful long time in coming,” said Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who held a ribbon-cutting Wednesday morning to mark the accomplishment.

Chicago Sun-Times
Dec 20, 2022 at 6:03pmMoa
Show threadSandy JohnstonDec 20, 2022
Reduce congestion 50% for like three days maybe
Show threadSandy JohnstonDec 20, 2022
h/t my dad, who sent me a chat message with the link to this article and the word "realistic?"
Show threadEric Allix RogersDec 20, 2022
@sandypsj Maybe reduce congestion by 50% compared to how it has been throughout construction with closures...
Show threadalex block 🚅Dec 20, 2022
@sandypsj just wait till they sell this as a big GHG emissions reduction.
Show threadryangsDec 20, 2022
@sandypsj Maybe 50% better relative to the mess during the last 10 years of construction! 🤥