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11-02-2006, 12:12 PM | #1 | |
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November 2, 2006: Moscow stands still in massive traffic jam
Apparently, the other day, Moscow suffered an inexplicable six hour traffic jam. This shots are from this page, which Babelfish translates to suggest that nobody knew why things were coming to a standstill. Apparently it was the first day of snow, but that hasn't caused this level of traffic in the past. I'm thinking one reason is that six lanes of traffic each way stop to merge with each other. I'm betting the number of cars has grown past the city's ability to manage it. This International Herald Tribune story says: Quote:
The lede of the story is that a soccer team nearly missed an international match, and lost, after being forced to walk and ride the subway to get past the gridlock. Don't go there. This is not the first time this has happened, as the city suffered an 18 hour jam a few years back. |
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11-02-2006, 12:18 PM | #2 |
I can hear my ears
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ya know, I was going to go there, but if the traffic is like that? fuck it, I'll just stay here.
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11-02-2006, 12:59 PM | #3 |
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In Soviet Russ....
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11-02-2006, 01:06 PM | #4 | |
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11-02-2006, 01:25 PM | #5 |
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Maybe someone found that TMX Elmo was going on sale and the word spread.
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11-02-2006, 03:07 PM | #6 |
go ahead, abbrev. it
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ДОИТ БЛОСК ТНЗ БОЖ
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11-02-2006, 03:46 PM | #7 | |
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11-02-2006, 04:59 PM | #8 |
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Oh my god, where's the lollie pop lady/man when you need one.
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11-03-2006, 12:48 AM | #9 | |
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боже мой!
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11-04-2006, 04:05 PM | #10 | |
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11-04-2006, 11:01 PM | #11 |
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You guys are gonna have Homeland Security all over us.
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11-02-2006, 06:50 PM | #12 |
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That is undoubtedly the stupidest street design I've ever heard of. It's just about the stupidest street design I can even imagine. I think the only way they could make things worse is if they had airplanes landing there too.
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11-02-2006, 07:39 PM | #13 |
To shreds, you say?
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Those russkies are pikers! That's normal traffic leaving NYC at 3:30 pm! I could park five hundred cars in the spaces between those bumpers!
What is the world coming to?
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11-03-2006, 04:47 PM | #14 | |
I wonder . . .
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11-03-2006, 08:57 AM | #15 |
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I think they have one of the most extensive subway systems in the world. This traffic jam must be a choice of some kind.
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