OmniaCausaFiunt t1_iu4b9r2 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:29 PM

Reply to comment by Funkybeatzzz in Whats up with traffic today? by jamesland7

It's always been the lightest day for a long time. I loved coming into the office on Fridays for that reason, but starting this school year I had to WFH Fridays because of my kids' afterschool program didn't have availability that day.

Funkybeatzzz t1_iu4cqag wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:40 PM

I think you may be repressing pre-pandemic memories. Friday traffic, especially the evening commute, was always the worst in my experience. Everyone leaving the city for the weekend for the beach or mountains I think was to blame.

OmniaCausaFiunt t1_iu4d2a1 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:43 PM

Going home Fridays was sometimes bad, but never worse than say a Monday or Tuesday. And Friday mornings were always very light.

CrashBangs t1_iu4iqlx wrote on October 28, 2022 at 2:24 PM

I agree, pre-pandemic it always seemed Fridays were worse than every other day, definitely on average.

tacknosaddle t1_iu5lfhq wrote on October 28, 2022 at 6:43 PM

Pre-pandemic if we were going away for the weekend I'd work from home Friday and would usually try to cut out around 3 pm and it would always be bad. I figure that there were usually a fair number of people like me that ordinarily wouldn't be on the highways heading out of town adding to traffic volume.