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I wrote:
>>->          I don't recall people giving pejorative names to freeways 
>>-> when I was living in Palo Alto 

In article <1994Apr13.230723.18354@adobe.com> choffman@mv.us.adobe.com (Charles Hoffman) writes:
>>The Maze?
>
>Definately pejorative.  Some bozo thought it would be nice to bring five
>freeways together to get folks on and off the Bay Bridge.  Then you need 
>to allow people to go from any one of the five freeways to any other.  
>Next, put the junction where the most main surface streets are, so we can 
>add more access ramps. Add BART tracks and a station in the middle of the
>structure. Mix in a major earthquake to spice up the commute, and voila 
>"The Maze".
>Maximum height: 5 levels of overpasses.  
>Maximum # of ramps in 1 sq mile core: > 35
>General size: 4 miles sq.
>:<

OK, I overlooked this one, mainly because I drove it during non-
commute hours, and before the quake took out the Cypress Viaduct
section of 880.  Most of my trips involved crossing the Bay Bridge,
and heading east towards Stockton or Walnut Creek, avoiding the older,
tighter transition ramps entirely.  Not a lot of "maze" to it for
these destinations.  Unless you'd exited to surface streets and were
trying to find the proper onramp to resume your travels.

>The traffic reporters seem to be bi-lingual and refer to the different 
>freeways by both names and numbers. Newer reporters tend to use the numbers
>and as they get acquainted with the area they switch to the names. 
>The names least used are those for the newest freeways built in the last 
>five to ten years.

Good, now I can blame all misunderstandings of traffic reports on
rookie traffic reporters who don't know the lingo.

On traffic reporters and imaginative names: I read about a traffic
jockey who used the name "Alemangly" for the 101-280 interchange
(?a takeoff on its official name) until ordered by the station manage-
ment to cease and desist.  Confirmations, anyone??

Art

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