{"id":2410531,"date":"2018-12-17T21:12:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T04:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/how-to-unlock-aspens-traffic-grid\/"},"modified":"2018-12-17T21:12:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T04:12:00","slug":"how-to-unlock-aspens-traffic-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/how-to-unlock-aspens-traffic-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"How to unlock Aspen\u2019s traffic grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">1. Stop listening to the idiots who know how to exacerbate the problem!<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">2. Install stop lights on all the arteries leading into the &#8220;circus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">3. In the morning, from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., adjust the lights as follows:<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u2022 The main artery, killer Highway 82 upvalley, must be green for 10 minutes while all the others are red.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u2022 Then, for one minute, all the others must be green while the killer 82 is red.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u2022 In the late afternoon (3 p.m. to 6 p.m.), the scenario is reversed. Downvalley traffic gets a green light for 10 minutes, then a red for one minute. All other capillaries get a red for 10 minutes, then a green for one minute.<\/p>\n<div id=\"single-mid-script\" class=\"p402_hide\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories For You<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u2022 All of the capillaries onto 82 get red 10 minutes, then green for one minute (airport etc.).<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">4. Don&#8217;t allow the &#8220;experts&#8221; to constrict the existing infrastructure with bicycle lanes and pedestrian islands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">5. Remember, this is not rocket science; stoplights were invented several years ago to control traffic flow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">6. The &#8220;circus&#8221; has always been the problem, not the solution!<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Letter Name\">Verne Gurholt<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Letter Title\">Aspen<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/opinion\/letters-to-the-editor\/how-to-unlock-aspens-traffic-grid\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Stop listening to the idiots who know how to exacerbate the problem! 2. Install stop lights on all the arteries leading into the &#8220;circus.&#8221; 3. In the morning, from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., adjust the lights as follows: \u2022 The main artery, killer Highway 82 upvalley, must be green for 10 minutes while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2410531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 23:33:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2410531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2410531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2410531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2410531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}