Quote Originally Posted by Spartan View Post
Very, very rarely. I live off of Lafayette, and I have pretty much never sat in traffic getting home. Problem is, people don't understand what "alternate routes" are. If there's major events going on downtown, I will get off at Mack, Jefferson, Gratiot, etc. and take the local roads. 90% of the time, even when Lafayette exit is backed up, the exit to Larned/Jefferson is pretty much free and clear. Of course, there are exceptions [[I'm sure everything was backed up when Eminem and the Lions played the same day, for example). However, it's silly to put $1M+ of infrastructure to handle a few days of heavy use.
You must get home different times then I am. I deal with the traffic back-ups daily, and especially on weekends. You can't go to 375 and Larned because of the overflow from the back-up @ 375 and Lafeyette. It's not "pretty much free and clear", and even going all the way to Jefferson is a royal PITA because of the overflow. I know where the "alternate routes are", I don't want to go miles out of my way to get to an "alternate route". A million to alleviate congestion, accidents, and injuries? Well worth it. That expansion should have been put in way before 2 stadiums and a casino were built.