I did, I checked out IMAX and was really impressed. The only thing that sucked as the horrible selection of food there. I was expecting a notch up from the regular crap you get at the movies here....no chance, it was a notch down...sad.
I learned my lesson and will wait longer to try out the highway.
damn dru, these were some of the most intelligent posts you've ever had until you started going to pick up trannys...
Anyways, wolfie, not sure if you are aware but the tolls are not like the one set up between MultiPlaza/Trejos Montealegre.
The road basically expands only to 5-6 lanes each way for most peajes, and at LEAST half of them are for QuickPass. That's how it was when Dru and I went Thursday and Friday, at least. I thought it was quite preposterous - on the first day, is there really a need for all that QuickPass nonsense?
Anyways, wolfie, not sure if you are aware but the tolls are not like the one set up between MultiPlaza/Trejos Montealegre.
The road basically expands only to 5-6 lanes each way for most peajes, and at LEAST half of them are for QuickPass. That's how it was when Dru and I went Thursday and Friday, at least. I thought it was quite preposterous - on the first day, is there really a need for all that QuickPass nonsense?
[SIZE=+3]Officials may jack up tolls
to cut autopista traffic[/SIZE]
Highway officials seem to have grossly underestimated the traffic flow on the new San José-Caldera autopista. Now they are floating the idea to jack up the tolls during peak hours to cut down on the number of cars.
The officials from the Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes also said that curiosity seekers overwhelmed the highway last weekend in numbers that were disproportionate to anticipated use.
The minister said that it expected a daily volume of just 2,730 vehicles at the Orotina toll plaza, but that each day last weekend there was an average of 26,365. That is some 963 percent more than expected, the ministry said.
The 22,897 vehicles in Atenas were computed to be 1,173 more than expected, the ministry said.
The ministry said that officials want to see how the traffic flow continues at the highway before taking steps such as ordering the concession holder of the Autopista del Sol to open the toll booths when congestion develops. They said they wanted to wait a month before making any decisions. But they added that one solution might be an increase in the tolls. Some delays were for hours over the weekend, and lines at tool booths were miles long.
This is the highway that is a key link to the Pacific coast and was designed to cut nearly an hour off the old route. However, the highway is two-lane except in places where passing lanes have been installed.
hno:
to cut autopista traffic[/SIZE]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Highway officials seem to have grossly underestimated the traffic flow on the new San José-Caldera autopista. Now they are floating the idea to jack up the tolls during peak hours to cut down on the number of cars.
The officials from the Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes also said that curiosity seekers overwhelmed the highway last weekend in numbers that were disproportionate to anticipated use.
The minister said that it expected a daily volume of just 2,730 vehicles at the Orotina toll plaza, but that each day last weekend there was an average of 26,365. That is some 963 percent more than expected, the ministry said.
The 22,897 vehicles in Atenas were computed to be 1,173 more than expected, the ministry said.
The ministry said that officials want to see how the traffic flow continues at the highway before taking steps such as ordering the concession holder of the Autopista del Sol to open the toll booths when congestion develops. They said they wanted to wait a month before making any decisions. But they added that one solution might be an increase in the tolls. Some delays were for hours over the weekend, and lines at tool booths were miles long.
This is the highway that is a key link to the Pacific coast and was designed to cut nearly an hour off the old route. However, the highway is two-lane except in places where passing lanes have been installed.
hno:
I drove it again mid week, and it was definitely an improvement... There was some construction that they made us wait 10 minutes for which kind of sucked, and the passing lanes are still completely useless, but at least even the slow trucks will maintain 80km/h. Still took me an hour and a half each way from Santa Ana.
