San José
Traffic Congestion Worst Ever
Which are the more congested roads in San
José? The autopista General Cañas (San José
- Alajuela) has to be the number one,
followed by the Florencio del Castillo (San
José - Cartago) and the Heredia - La Uruca.
From the Parque Central de Alajuela to the
Parque Central de San José (downtown to
downtown), it takes almost one hour to make
the 19 kilometre (11 miles) trip during
weekday morning rush hour, more in the
afternoons.
The General Cañas bogs down at various
points, the exit to Belen/Real Cariari, the
exit to Heredia, the Virilla bridge, the
Juan Pablo II bridge/Circunvalacion and then
from the northeast corner of the La Sabana
park, along Paseo Colon and the on Avenida
Segunda.
On the east end, travelling from San Pedro
to Cartago from the Universidad de Costa
Rica (UCR) to La Galera in the old
metropolis, is pure torture.
The Heredia - La Uruca, especially by the
Pozuelo factory to the Virilla bridge can
take more than 45 minutes in the mornings
and afternoons.
Germán Marín, director of the Policía de
Tránsito, says that the traffic congestion
has gotten worse since the suspension o of
the vehicular restrictions of San José.
Marín explained that traffic accidents since
the suspension several weeks ago has
increase by 40% to 45%.
Is there a solution?
Karla González, the ministra de Obras
Públicas y Transportes (MOPT), announced
last Friday that the vehicular restrictions
will be back, as early as next week, now
that the MOPT technicians and legal
department have studied the Constitutional
Court decision that struck down the
vehicular restrictions.
Another solution would be getting the
Heredia - San José commuter train. Incofer,
the Costa Rican railway, had planned on
having the trains running on June 3-0.
However, a legal problem with a resident who
says he his property has been affected by
work carried out by Incofer, has put the
train schedule on hold.
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