Posted on 07/25/2016 8:27:28 PM PDT by randita
The first day of the Democratic National Convention saw travelers by car, train, and bus delayed.
Officials at transportation agencies said it was likely that traffic jams, bus detours, and unexpected disruptions would continue to be part of getting around Philadelphia until the donkeys leave town.
The first troubles came on I-95 during the morning commute. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation had initially planned to keep all lanes open to passenger vehicles, but over the weekend found that truckers were not aware of a ban on vehicles weighing five tons or more and were still using the highway, said Eugene Blaum, a PennDot spokesman.
The agency's response was to close a northbound lane and a southbound lane to create space for State Police to reroute trucks, and that led to brutal traffic jams. PennDot suggested Monday that drivers find other routes or be prepared to sit in traffic.
In the city, more than two dozen bus routes - most of them ones that traveled along or crossed Broad Street - were detoured throughout the day. That was largely due to protests on the thoroughfare, SEPTA spokesman Andrew Busch said. Plenty of travelers saw their buses, even those not detoured, show up only after a long delay.
Felecia Jones, 57, of Germantown, was among more than 35 people waiting in the heat for their buses on 11th Street between Market and Filbert on Monday afternoon. Her bus, the 23, is usually there when she gets to the stop shortly after 4 p.m. Instead, she waited until about 4:30.
"They're not telling us anything," Jones said. "I understand the convention is here, but they have to think about the people who live here and work here."
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
The queen needs to keep the peasants far away...
Queen Hillary is in town, you fools!
Bow down and prostrate yourselves and stop whining.
They don't give a crap about you. Get used to it.
Hopefully PA will shock the pundits, learn from this abuse of power by the Hillary crowd, and vote Trump in November.
Imagine the cost in lost wages and production caused by this fiasco.
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