Comments on: Traffic at Burning Man: What YOU Can Do About It

By: Nutmeg Alfredo/PO9

Nutmeg Alfredo/PO9 — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 17:37:54 +0000

Oh, and getting the train to stop in Gerlach, NV with a chartered train that brings everything and everyone from everywhere will help a lot. Union Pacific, got your ears on? Help us make this happen!

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By: Nutmeg Alfredo/PO9

Nutmeg Alfredo/PO9 — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 17:29:32 +0000

I left last year around 6 o’clock on Saturday night. Beautiful sunset. No wait.

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By: Steve "Sparky" Pucillo

Steve "Sparky" Pucillo — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 02:21:33 +0000

Parlye,
I did my fair share of bitching but I also stepped up and volunteered to work the entrance this year. I was turned down because they evidently have “enough” people for the entrance!
I guess there won’t be any wait at the entrance with all of those people the have!
I feel the gate workers are a clique and if you’re not in, you’re out!

toola had some pretty harsh words for entrance crew!
http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/building-brc/behind-the-scenes-dpwgate-work-weekend-at-the-ranch/

I hope there are some BM management personnel with enough integrity to make sure this is not the case.

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By: Parlye

Parlye — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 22:31:30 +0000

I turn right once I get to the pavement and begin my 37 hour drive home, so the reason for the 6+ hour wait doesn’t even pertain to me. Just have to make the best of the wait. Many of you are superior at bitching btw.

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By: Black Rocker

Black Rocker — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 15:19:54 +0000

Black Rocker says
Move the event to a southern Ca desert next to a freeway off ramp duh

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By: luigi

luigi — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:24:17 +0000

Seems like the political, social, economic issues are not being finessed with the locals. It’s got to be a big economic benefit for them, but the additute is one of hostility by law enforcement. There should be cops taking down the stop signs and waiving people through, temporary increases in the many speed traps so that speed limits are uniform, use of both lanes wherever possible. Maybe even a temporary road bypassing Gerlach entirely. They do this stuff for rock concerts it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out. It isn’t just the dusty stretch of road to the pavement that’s the problem, its 90 miles of traffic to I-80 that slows everything down.

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By: Mr. Chiff

Mr. Chiff — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:43:48 +0000

@fastlaner – you had me a me at “so what”.

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By: fastlaner

fastlaner — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:36:04 +0000

my suggestion is for entry- why not widen the gates and the lanes up to them- and you could also divert the RVs and trailers to one side for inspection since they take longer to look thru – this might take more volunteers – so what? – people who have driven many hours and wait in line for hours are not interested in an entry ritual – patience is thinner – they’ll take their pamphlets and get inside – and it’s a teeth gnasher to have the gate keepers ignore the entry line and walk off to have a casual conversation with their fellow keepers

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By: Kristy Evans

Kristy Evans — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:52:45 +0000

Again, many thanks to everyone for being part of the conversation!

@BeeWee
Travel from the event goes through several towns on a rural highway. If those roads were made uni-directional, locals would not be able to traverse the roads as they need to. Think about how that would make you feel in your hometown. Do the needs of Burners leaving the event supersede the residents being able to get to and from their homes?

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By: BeeWee

BeeWee — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:57:22 +0000

Major interstate highways can become made “uni – directional” rapidly in the event of a serious hurricane. Why this cannot be done at BRC is purely due to having no political will to do so. Planners for ingress and egress surrounding the event even have the luxury of knowing the date and possibly even the time for the influx of vehicles onto the roadway. Planning the evacuation prior to a hurricane is much more difficult because of this uncertainty – but somehow we manage to do that.

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