ST. LOUIS - Traffic flow on the region's roads continues to flow well in both morning and evening rush hour due to the efforts of everyone in St. Louis.  Today is the last daily briefing for traffic conditions.  The next report will be issued Wednesday, January 23 providing a weekly summary of traffic.

"Thursday morning will be our first potential snow since the closure of I-64.  MoDOT's crews are prepared to handle the rain-snow mix that is forecasted," said I-64 Project Director Lesley Hoffarth.  "We strongely encourage motorists to leave plenty of extra time to get to work Thursday morning."

Rush Period: 

• Evening for January 15
• Time = 3:30 - 6:30 p.m.
• Volumes peaked from 5 - 6 p.m. on interstates and 4-6 p.m. on arterial roads
• Morning for January 16
• Time = 6-9 a.m.
• Volumes peaked from 6:30-7:30 a.m. on interstates and 7:30-8 a.m. on arterials

Summary of evening rush January 15 peak times (avoiding these peak times will shorten travel times):

• I-270
• 5-6 p.m. peak with heaviest area southbound from Ladue to Dougherty Ferry
• Route 141
• 5:30-6 p.m. peak with heaviest area southbound from Big Bend to I-44
• Page
• 5:30-6 p.m. peak with heaviest area from Lindbergh and I-270
• Olive
• 5-5:30p.m. peak with heaviest area from Lindbergh to I-270
• Manchester
• 5:30-6 p.m. peak with various spots of heavier flow from Hanley to Route 141
• Lindbergh
• 4-6 p.m. peak with heaviest area southbound from Ladue to Clayton and in Kirkwood to
  I-44

Summary of morning rush January 16 peak times (avoiding these peak times will shorten travel times):

• I-270
• 6:30-7:30 a.m. peak with heaviest area from I-55 to I-44
• Route 141 at I-44
• 7-8 a.m. peak with heaviest area from Gravois to I-44, at 7:30 a.m. it was taking seven cycles to get onto eastbound I-44
• Page
• 7:30-8 a.m. peak
• Olive
• 7:30-8:30 a.m. peak, exit ramps at I-270 are backing up to Ladue going northbound and to Page going southbound
• Manchester
• 7:30-8 a.m. peak time from Route 141 to Hanley, heaviest area is Lindbergh and Manchester intersection and Brentwood and Manchester intersection
• Lindbergh
• 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. peak for north and southbound, problem spot on southbound Lindbergh turning left to eastbound Clayton
  
  

Incident Report:

·        A few incidents to report for January 15 p.m. rush:

o       Southbound I-270 two separate incidents one south of Ladue and one north of Manchester

o       Westbound I-44 at Big Bend, incident with two right lanes closed

o       Eastbound I-70 at Airflight, incident with two left lanes closed

·        One incident occurred January 16 a.m. rush:

o       Eastbound I-44 at Meramec River, incident with right lane closed

o       Northbound I-270 between Tesson Ferry and Gravois, incident with right lane closed

Metro information:

• MetroLink boardings are up nearly 5,000 each day compared to January last year.
• January 2007 averaged 71,305 boardings. 
• For January 7-11, 2008, averaged 76,151 per day. 
• I-44 commuter lots at Route 141 and Route 109 are full
• Motorists who are carpooling are encouraged to use the I-44 and Antire Road lot, which is not serviced by MetroBus.  This will free up parking spaces at the 141 and 109 lots for those who are catching the bus.

For more information on the I-64 project, visit http://www.thenewi64.org/, and for real-time traffic information, visit http://www.gatewayguide.com/.