Slow

I love living on the east coast.  Most days I don't even mind the traffic but I certainly avoid one road at all costs.  I hate Interstate 95.  I-95 parallels the coastline and hypothetically is the fastest route between the major east coast cities.  If you look at the map a simple trip from D.C to Philadelphia should be a quick three hours but this is rarely the case.

Two weekends ago we made the trip to Philadelphia for Jess' family reunion.  We crawled along for hours inching forward at only 20 mph.  We were sure there was a major accident.  We passed through Maryland and Delaware in bumper to bumper traffic.  There was no explanation for the delay.  It was simply traffic volume.  Thousands of east coast citizens transiting north on their way home or off to a beach vacation.  The trip took almost seven hours.  Luckily the drive home at 2:30 in the morning was much faster and the next time I write about traffic congestion it will be about the chaos of the streets of Kathmandu.