20-minute stops eastbound up to Eisenhower tunnel

Nice thats what I hate about the 70 into Col us proffessional drivers are blamed for the congestions.

 

Is all traffic stopped or only 18's?
What are they trying to accomplish doing this?

 

they are not doing stops per se, they are doing metering of traffic, which will cause stops of up to 20 minutes. It effects everyone.

 

Thanks striker, my next question was going to be how and why but I found this http://www.coloradodot.info/travel/eisenhower-tunnel/eisenhower-metering.html that explains it quite well.
Also, this website http://www.cotrip.org/device.htm offers streaming cameras for all interstates and a few other routes, US & CO. roads

 

This is why when I would go skiing in CO, I'd be heading west on Sunday and east on Saturday morning. Avoid the crowds on the slopes and roads.

 

They have also found recently that the metering is a bit of a failure. They had to stop it one recent weekend when it caused more problems then it solved. Personally, the solution is require more ski busses and encourage people to use them and get more cars off the road. That or start taxing the skiers at the ski areas for the road congestion to help fund improvements. The ski industry talks about what a "boom" it is to the state, great, time to pay your own way.