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Post by hmmm on Jan 24, 2008 19:50:36 GMT -6
Significant delays on Eola during non rush hour? Are you kidding? Eola is very light, especially in that area during non rush hours. It's just as crowded during rush hour as 75th street, 59, etc. I completely disagree! I have had to drive that twice a week during "non-rush hour" times and it was a mess! There was only one small section that was okay. I guess it was only that way for the 3 months I had to do it. |
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Post by cambridgegal on Jan 24, 2008 22:50:09 GMT -6
My home backs up to the AME site. Every weekday, the traffic is backed up in front of the site going southbound to N. Aurora rd from about 3:45 until after 6 pm. I hope they work out that traffic light situation, but I doubt much can fix it cuz most of the traffic on N. Aurora is probably coming from train commuter traffic at that time of night.
In the morning, I leave just before 7 and it is so difficult to get out onto Eola with the northbound traffic. I bet those going southbound have to go thru the entire subdivision to get to the light instead.
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Post by momto4 on Jan 25, 2008 6:57:31 GMT -6
I think the noticeable backup starts a bit later than 3:45. I drive south on Eola Rd from Diehl, turning right onto Indian Trail/North Aurora Rd. 2-5 times a week for the past year and a half to pick up my son from Granger after school activities that finish at 4 and don't usually encounter any backup.
When we need to head south on Eola if it's before 5pm we take Molitor out to Eola, if it's between 5 and 6:30 it's quicker to go out at Stonebridge Blvd or Indian Trail and avoid the backup that definitely occurs every weekday but as someone else wrote, does move along ok.
I'm hoping with the new traffic light at Eola and Molitor they are able to put in right and left turn lanes in both directions.
The other place on Eola that always has backups is turning left onto Indian Trail from northbound Eola. This really should be a double left turn lane.
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Post by jwh on Jan 25, 2008 7:16:11 GMT -6
Significant delays on Eola during non rush hour? Are you kidding? Eola is very light, especially in that area during non rush hours. It's just as crowded during rush hour as 75th street, 59, etc. I completely disagree! I have had to drive that twice a week during "non-rush hour" times and it was a mess! There was only one small section that was okay. I guess it was only that way for the 3 months I had to do it. Are we trying new angles to bash the site? I work and live in this area, travel the northern section of Eola (AME site) and the traffic is LIGHT during non-rush hour times. |
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Post by twhl on Jan 25, 2008 7:24:20 GMT -6
The Adm stated that the transportation costs and overall avg. travel times will stay the same. My question is how can Laidlaw make this claim unless they have already been given the boundaries ?
What is the impact on that section of Eola?
What about future plans for an on/off exit for 88?
What will the impact on Eola be then?
I have been on Eola many times during non rush hour(not going to mention rush hour) and delays are significant.
* reread the original post. Its called lack of information, unless you are on the board and already know the answer to my questions. What have not been given any of this for the AME site today. If you have it share it.
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Post by Arch on Jan 25, 2008 7:27:08 GMT -6
The Adm stated that the transportation costs and overall avg. travel times will stay the same. My question is how can Laidlaw make this claim unless they have already been given the boundaries ? They could have enough padded into their contract to cover worst-case trip distances. If I was a bus company providing rides for an entity, I would set my pricing based on the worst case scenario so that I can be as flexible with the customer as possible while still guaranteeing a profit for myself. No new boundaries are needed to say "No change in price" if that is the case. Operating like this makes good business sense from Laidlaw's point of view. |
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Post by momto4 on Jan 25, 2008 7:50:54 GMT -6
The Adm stated that the transportation costs and overall avg. travel times will stay the same. My question is how can Laidlaw make this claim unless they have already been given the boundaries ? What is the impact on that section of Eola? What about future plans for an on/off exit for 88? What will the impact on Eola be then? I have been on Eola many times during non rush hour(not going to mention rush hour) and delays are significant. * reread the original post. Its called lack of information, unless you are on the board and already know the answer to my questions. What have not been given any of this for the AME site today. If you have it share it. I don't have an answer to your first two questions. Did you ask it of those who might be able to answer? Any interchange at Eola and 88 is many years off, if at all, and access would not be directly on Eola Rd. but to an east-west road north of the tollway. I also have information from DuPage County that I have previously posted on this site that they do not expect traffic on Eola Rd. to be worse when/if this interchange opens. Again, I am very curious when and where you have been on Eola during non rush-hour times and encountered any significant delays. I have lived just off Eola for 8 years now and the three drivers in my family drive on Eola Rd. probably more than 100x a week at various times between 6:15am and midnight and have not experienced back-ups other than rush hour. This would usually be somewhere in the stretch between Diehl Rd. and Ogden or even down to Montgomery. |
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Post by wvhsparent on Jan 25, 2008 7:51:38 GMT -6
I think the noticeable backup starts a bit later than 3:45. I drive south on Eola Rd from Diehl, turning right onto Indian Trail/North Aurora Rd. 2-5 times a week for the past year and a half to pick up my son from Granger after school activities that finish at 4 and don't usually encounter any backup. When we need to head south on Eola if it's before 5pm we take Molitor out to Eola, if it's between 5 and 6:30 it's quicker to go out at Stonebridge Blvd or Indian Trail and avoid the backup that definitely occurs every weekday but as someone else wrote, does move along ok. I'm hoping with the new traffic light at Eola and Molitor they are able to put in right and left turn lanes in both directions. The other place on Eola that always has backups is turning left onto Indian Trail from northbound Eola. This really should be a double left turn lane. I too travel Eola Rd a lot from Bilter down to Ogden and back, and at all different times. Yes it's busy, but it flows very nicely. It is not near as bad as Rt 59. Usually when a bad back-up occurs it due to a traffic related event, such as a stalled car etc....rare but they do occur. I do agree the N/B Eola to W/B Indian Trail seems to be one of the busiest. Not sure if there is room for a double left turn lane. Certainly they could at least lengthen it almost all the way to the Jewel light, and give the left turn arrow there a longer burn time. That sounds like a letter to your favorite alderman/alderwoman and/or DuPage County board member. |
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Post by d204mom on Jan 25, 2008 8:06:58 GMT -6
I do agree the N/B Eola to W/B Indian Trail seems to be one of the busiest. Since every school in D204 currently is south of the WGEN site I would assume that a very high percentage of the kids going there will be coming from the south and will be subjected to that light. Those coming from the southeast - LW / BD will probably use that intersection as well. |
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Post by momto4 on Jan 25, 2008 8:10:00 GMT -6
I do agree the N/B Eola to W/B Indian Trail seems to be one of the busiest. Since every school in D204 currently is south of the WGEN site I would assume that a very high percentage of the kids going there will be coming from the south and will be subjected to that light. Those not coming from the southeast - LW / BD will probably use that intersection as well. That light is only a problem for people turning left onto Indian Trail, kids going to the AME site would be traveling straight through, so not a problem. This light makes me feel bad for those parents from south of Indian Trail that need to travel to Granger. |
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Post by d204mom on Jan 25, 2008 8:14:59 GMT -6
Since every school in D204 currently is south of the WGEN site I would assume that a very high percentage of the kids going there will be coming from the south and will be subjected to that light. Those not coming from the southeast - LW / BD will probably use that intersection as well. That light is only a problem for people turning left onto Indian Trail, kids going to the AME site would be traveling straight through, so not a problem. This light makes me feel bad for those parents from south of Indian Trail that need to travel to Granger. Funny that is the light I had to sit through twice last time I was headed south on Eola. I was trying to go straight. I must be the only one that has ever had to sit through 2 cycles of the light to go south on Eola. |
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Post by momto4 on Jan 25, 2008 8:22:46 GMT -6
That light is only a problem for people turning left onto Indian Trail, kids going to the AME site would be traveling straight through, so not a problem. This light makes me feel bad for those parents from south of Indian Trail that need to travel to Granger. Funny that is the light I had to sit through twice last time I was headed south on Eola. I was trying to go straight. I must be the only one that has ever had to sit through 2 cycles of the light to go south on Eola. I thought you were referring to going north in your earlier post? At busy times of day you may have to wait to go through that light on the way south but not at the time the high-school day finishes. |
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Post by Arch on Jan 25, 2008 8:26:36 GMT -6
Funny that is the light I had to sit through twice last time I was headed south on Eola. I was trying to go straight. I must be the only one that has ever had to sit through 2 cycles of the light to go south on Eola. I thought you were referring to going north in your earlier post? At busy times of day you may have to wait to go through that light on the way south but not at the time the high-school day finishes. What about at the time certain after school activities finish? 4PM and later...? |
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Post by warriorpride on Jan 25, 2008 8:27:52 GMT -6
That light is only a problem for people turning left onto Indian Trail, kids going to the AME site would be traveling straight through, so not a problem. This light makes me feel bad for those parents from south of Indian Trail that need to travel to Granger. Funny that is the light I had to sit through twice last time I was headed south on Eola. I was trying to go straight. I must be the only one that has ever had to sit through 2 cycles of the light to go south on Eola. traffic sucks in this entire area - end of story |
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Post by warriorpride on Jan 25, 2008 8:34:09 GMT -6
I thought you were referring to going north in your earlier post? At busy times of day you may have to wait to go through that light on the way south but not at the time the high-school day finishes. What about at the time certain after school activities finish? 4PM and later...? southbound is bad up hear, just as it is in the WV area - some of the Eola traffic comes from Butterfield and Diehl, but a lot comes from N. Aurora & Liberty (train traffic) |
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