Originally Posted by
PV_Premier
Traffic into Madras today is already a huge issue, supposedly. Now, in addition to the normal ecliptomaniacs, there are 35K people who are expected to attend the "Symbiosis" festival as well, and all the roads in and out of that area are two lane.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/e...s-11942253.php
This is an interesting article about the "drivesheds" of traffic that may converge on different places. A few random ones that you would not expect could, in theory, be significantly impacted if people primarily drive to the eclipse at the location closest to their homes.
http://www.businessinsider.com/solar...y-maps-2017-8/
I think the Madras traffic at this point is wholly attributable to the festival attendees. I go to very large music festivals and it's really not unusual, especially with the road situation there.
I think the worst traffic situations will come as people try and drive in to totality areas on Sunday or as everybody tries to leave on Monday right after the eclipse.