Saskatoon is a maze of detours and closed streets on a good day, but yesterday may have proved the breaking point for many drivers here in the city. The 103 year old Traffic bridge was closed around 4 PM to both motor and pedestrian traffic for safety reasons. 4 pm, most downton zombies are about to make their way across that bridge, or across otehr in the city to get to their not-downtown homes.
I was told by one woman, who's flight arrived in Saskatoon around 4:30PM, it took her over an hour and a half to get home to the south east side of the city. Now that is what traffic is like in say Toronto, or Montreal. But this is Saskatoon! Rush hour is when the person at the front of the line is checking Facebook on their phone and doesn't immediately go when the light turns green, or when everyone stops at the 4 way stop at the same time and are too polite to go first( personal aside here, I honestly come to a rolling stop to purposely stop last to avoid awkwardness at these stop signs).
But the City had to do what it had to do...it just came at the absolute WORST time. Luckily I can avoid downltown and that entire area.
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