# parkway feedback **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 6, 2007, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359 "2007-06-06T11:03:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/olds_rocketman/32/5942_2.png) [@OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OLDS_ROCKETMAN)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359/1 "2007-06-06T11:03:14Z")
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**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359/2 "2007-06-06T11:04:01Z")
nice ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359/3 "2007-06-06T11:17:50Z")
oh thats very interesting. ---
**Author:** ![OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/olds_rocketman/32/5942_2.png) [@OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OLDS_ROCKETMAN)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359/4 "2007-06-06T11:20:04Z")
3 major projects within a 3 mile radius…not cool. high level bridge, parkway, and the work in oakland. ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359/5 "2007-06-06T11:20:54Z")
> [@Come play Forza 2 offical thread/ NYSpeed Forza Racing Series](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/come-play-forza-2-offical-thread-nyspeed-forza-racing-series/30186/69): > > 3 major projects within a 3 mile radius…not cool. high level bridge, parkway, and the work in oakland. wow thats crazy. ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359/6 "2007-06-06T11:28:58Z")
they are retarded, I hate that my tax dollars goes to this shit ---
**Author:** ![dyingwish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dyingwish/32/6041_2.png) [@dyingwish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dyingwish)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359/7 "2007-06-06T11:50:27Z")
Yep, the excessive roadwork does suck, but we need it. Maybe not all at one time, but we do. I’m tired of wondering if that noise was my car bottoming out or the dude I tied up in the trunk all the time (potholes), and I’m equally tired of sitting behind some douche whose K-mart subs are playing ping-pong with thier license plate (traffic).:hahano: ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359/8 "2007-06-06T11:53:07Z")
everyone hates the roads because they have potholes or not enough lanes, but the same people complain when a road is getting fixed because it causes more drive time for them. ghey ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359/9 "2007-06-06T11:54:06Z")
> [@Oceans 13 Meet Tonight @ Regal On Transit](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oceans-13-meet-tonight-regal-on-transit/30568/6): > > everyone hates the roads because they have potholes or not enough lanes, but the same people complain when a road is getting fixed because it causes more drive time for them. ghey I dont know how PennDOT manages to fuck everything up so much. Down here if they’re repaving a road, they have that shit done in like 3 days. ---
**Author:** ![berad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/berad/32/5953_2.png) [@berad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/berad)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359/10 "2007-06-06T12:01:07Z")
McKnight roadwork FTMFL! I’ll try and snap a pick of what the hill looks like in the morning, far before the merge point and/or 279 on-ramp. Then you all can cry me a river. Stop sign at the off-ramp to McKnight…ROFL…optional at best. gtfo. absolutely uncalled for lane closures. ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359/11 "2007-06-06T12:01:35Z")
> [@There is a storm a coming](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/there-is-a-storm-a-coming/30569/17): > > I dont know how PennDOT manages to fuck everything up so much. Down here if they’re repaving a road, they have that shit done in like 3 days. bingo! In LA they worked a huge crew to get shit done over night. No one was ever disturbed. They would take a small section get it done and then move on. ---
**Author:** ![OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/olds_rocketman/32/5942_2.png) [@OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OLDS_ROCKETMAN)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359/12 "2007-06-06T12:03:11Z")
i’m not complaining about them fixing whats broke but having multiple projects that overlap into possible detours is insane. Why in God’s name is the birmingham bridge closed for “preventive maintenance” when you need that to relieve traffic. its also real smart to divert traffic into a crime area like wilkinsburgh. the condition of the parkway right now is fine compared to the street of the city, i know one is penndot and one is public works but, since the parkway is always being worked on i have to use those roads that are littered with craters. and if your worried about your car bottoming out. its probably not stock height, thats ur problem not the roads. ---
**Author:** ![imported\_fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e95f7d/32.png) [@imported\_fresh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_fresh)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359/13 "2007-06-06T13:10:08Z")
In defense of PennDOT the work going on with the bridges in those areas has to be done immediately because they are deteriorating…so do you want to suffer through the long traffic periods for a few months or chance the possibility of the bridge caving in on you as you pass under or fall out beneath you? PennDOT’s aim is to keep YOU safe. Besides, it’s not PennDOT out there working (in most cases); those are construction crews that are consultants. PennDOT does the designing and these consultants are the ones that take their good old time. ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359/14 "2007-06-06T13:17:15Z")
> [@Dyno: 07 ZO6](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dyno-07-zo6/30473/16): > > In defense of PennDOT the work going on with the bridges in those areas has to be done immediately because they are deteriorating…so do you want to suffer through the long traffic periods for a few months or chance the possibility of the bridge caving in on you as you pass under or fall out beneath you? PennDOT’s aim is to keep YOU safe. > > Besides, it’s not PennDOT out there working (in most cases); those are construction crews that are consultants. PennDOT does the designing and these consultants are the ones that take their good old time. the work wouldn’t have to be done immediately if the maintenance was done over the life of the bridges… period. ---
**Author:** ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359/15 "2007-06-06T13:18:29Z")
> [@Nancy Ott](#): > > After spending over an hour to get from just past the Swissvale exit to Oakland after midnight on a Friday a few weeks ago, I recommend total avoidance of the Parkway East on the weekends. This is just a ridiculous situation, the left lane was shut down from before the Squirrel Hill tunnel when the only work being done (the only place with people working) was near the Oakland exit with long stretches of the left lane inside the tunnel and after it closed for no apparent reason. > > A major cause of delay seems to be Pittsburgh drivers’ refusal to get over to the right lane in a timely manner. I think I wasted an extra half hour at least by being trapped in the right lane (which I merged to at the first sign that said to do so, rather than at the very last minute like everyone else, guess I forgot where I was). She, and those like her, are part of the f\*cking problem. Don’t merge at the merge point and take your turn, no, get over and back it up for 1000 miles before hand. What a jagoff. ---
**Author:** ![SoLow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solow/32/6001_2.png) [@SoLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoLow)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359/16 "2007-06-06T13:21:05Z")
i just heard on DVE there closing down the SQhill tunnels outbound this weekend ---
**Author:** ![4doors5gears](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4doors5gears/32/6006_2.png) [@4doors5gears](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4doors5gears)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359/17 "2007-06-06T13:32:36Z")
> [@JackdUp"](#): > > She, and those like her, are part of the f\*cking problem. Don’t merge at the merge point and take your turn, no, get over and back it up for 1000 miles before hand. > > What a jagoff. ?? So the people who do get into the correct lane have to sit and wait for the people who insist on getting as close as possible to the merge point before they get over? Then the people in the right lane have to keep stopping and many of them don’t wanna let the cars in. ---
**Author:** ![OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/olds_rocketman/32/5942_2.png) [@OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OLDS_ROCKETMAN)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359/18 "2007-06-06T13:49:08Z")
the birmingham bridge is totally unnecessary at this time. i’m sure its not falling down, the deck was in mint shape! part of the problem is we use all these evironmentally safe crap in building materials and the shit just doesn’t last like it used to. concrete is crap, paint is crap. the major problem with the way people merge in this city is the way merge points are designed. the SQ exits is the most idiotic piece of engineering the causes most of the traffic delays on the parkway east outbound. on on ramp 50 yards before an off ramp!!! WTF. the lower decks of the ft pitt and ft duq bridge are another of the engineering flops in this city. ---
**Author:** ![OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/olds_rocketman/32/5942_2.png) [@OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OLDS_ROCKETMAN)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359/19 "2007-06-06T13:52:10Z")
> [@JackdUp"](#): > > She, and those like her, are part of the f\*cking problem. Don’t merge at the merge point and take your turn, no, get over and back it up for 1000 miles before hand. > > What a jagoff. that lady is also a whore because she lives in aspinwall givign up fuckin short cuts on the other side of the city. now i’ll have every fuck in the world using the route for people that actaully live here there that need to use it. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleMongoose](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purplemongoose/32/3349_2.png) [@PurpleMongoose](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PurpleMongoose)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359/20 "2007-06-06T14:30:16Z")
Just close the whole damn town down for 2 weeks. Instead of going to your job, you walk/bike out to the closest road project and work on it. Get _everything_ done ASAFP and everyone gets on with their lives. Guess that’s about as likely to happen as people around here actually taking turns at the merge points. :nuts: [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/parkway-feedback/190359.md?page=2)