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Originally Posted by Crawford
And Northville and Salem, right next store, are the same deal.
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northville to ann arbor via pontiac trail: 0:34
northville to ann arbor via expressways: 0:27
salem to ann arbor via pontiac trail: 0:24
salem to ann arbor via expressways: 0:22
the % of people who live in the vast sprawl north and northeast of ann arbor who would actually commute into it via pontiac trail is relatively small.
basically south lyon (~12,00 people) and its very
immediate surroundings, everyone else is gonna drive over or down to one of the expressways to get into AA.
the kicker: google maps even says it's a couple minutes faster for people on the west side of south lyon to drive over to US-23 via 9 mile to get to AA than it is using pontiac trail.
the main arteries into AA from the north and northeast are US-23 and M-14, they are both full-scale, divided, limited access highways with a 70mph speed limit.
pontiac trail is a little old 2 lane country road with a 50mph speed limit and periodic 4-way stop sign controlled intersections.