WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:00.720 Thank you, John. 2 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:02.720 It is six oh five here on a Tuesday morning, 3 00:00:02.799 --> 00:00:05.839 Kentucky and this morning news Nick coffee back for day two. 4 00:00:05.879 --> 00:00:07.879 They let me come back two straight days. As I 5 00:00:07.879 --> 00:00:10.320 said earlier, I'm gonna keep doing this until they tell me, 6 00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:12.679 you know, hey, you're no longer needed, which I hope 7 00:00:12.759 --> 00:00:15.039 is a very very very long time from now. But 8 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:18.160 I am really happy to be here, joined alongside Scott Fitzgerald, 9 00:00:18.239 --> 00:00:20.800 John Alden, and as you just heard there, John Shannon. 10 00:00:21.519 --> 00:00:23.960 I want to ask you guys when it comes to 11 00:00:24.199 --> 00:00:28.399 the commute on the way in. I'm sixty five north. 12 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:31.960 I know John Alden is the same way, Scott are you? 13 00:00:32.079 --> 00:00:36.000 Are you sixty four? Okay? So how many lights do 14 00:00:36.079 --> 00:00:38.039 you typically hit? And I don't mean do you get 15 00:00:38.119 --> 00:00:40.119 stopped at? But do you stop? Do you end up 16 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:42.840 passing many lights? Once you get to the downtown area 17 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:45.640 making your way to our beautiful studios who are four 18 00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:46.200 Street Live. 19 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:49.560 I come off Brook and then if I hit it right, 20 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:51.840 if I get that light green, I'll hit the rest 21 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:54.240 of them green all the way through, which is nice, 22 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:55.280 which is a change. 23 00:00:56.039 --> 00:00:59.320 That's the exact reason why I ask, because I've been 24 00:00:59.320 --> 00:01:01.679 coming downtown for the last couple of years, however long 25 00:01:01.679 --> 00:01:04.280 we've been here, and you really never know what you're 26 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:05.799 gonna get as far as are you gonna hit the 27 00:01:05.879 --> 00:01:09.359 lights or not. But in the morning, there's nobody else out. Yeah, 28 00:01:09.359 --> 00:01:12.040 I mean there's no there's no there's no pedestrians, there's 29 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:14.799 not many vehicles, and if you do it seems like 30 00:01:14.879 --> 00:01:17.359 if you hit a red light, it's you're gonna hit 31 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:18.120 all of them. 32 00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:20.400 And I think the the. 33 00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:24.560 Traffic lights and the walkway it seems almost set up 34 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:26.840 is and we do have to keep pedestrians safe, trust 35 00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:29.159 you are well aware of that, but it does seem 36 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:31.480 as if it's catered more so, as if we have 37 00:01:31.519 --> 00:01:34.239 a lot more people walking than we do driving, And 38 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:36.799 it just seems, you know, I'm a very impatient person. 39 00:01:36.879 --> 00:01:38.319 I've been working on it for a long time, not 40 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:41.120 sure if I'll ever really improve in that department. But 41 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:43.280 as I said, at each light, I'm looking around as if, okay, 42 00:01:43.319 --> 00:01:47.480 do we need this seemingly hour long walk, you know, 43 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:50.519 the walk path, which I'm exaggerating clearly, And again the 44 00:01:50.599 --> 00:01:52.439 root of this is, I'm just a very impatient person. 45 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:54.519 But when you hit, when you hit your first green light, 46 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:57.200 you're gonna be smooth sailing. If you hit the red light, 47 00:01:57.280 --> 00:01:59.959 you know, it might take you sometimes maybe five more minutes. 48 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:01.200 Yeah, it just depends. 49 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:01.480 John. 50 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:04.000 Are you still getting off at what is the exit 51 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:04.799 Saint Catherine? 52 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:06.640 Yeah, so that ever since you and I were in 53 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:10.240 the afternoon, probably not as necessary at this time in 54 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:12.919 the morning, but it's become so routine for me that 55 00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:14.479 I just like to go down that way. 56 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:15.439 At this point, it. 57 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:18.199 Does seem like it might it might be a little 58 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:20.759 bit of a longer journey from sixty five when you 59 00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:23.560 get off the exit off sixty five to get here. Yeah, 60 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:26.000 but I kind of feel like you're less likely to 61 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:26.960 hit lights in that. 62 00:02:27.080 --> 00:02:27.280 Yeah. 63 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:29.840 Some reason that that opening stretch when you get off 64 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:32.639 of sixty five north off of the Saint Catherine's exit, 65 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:35.159 if it's timed correctly, kind of like Scott was talking 66 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:37.319 about a second ago with Brook Street, you can hit 67 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:39.400 every single green light at the exact same. 68 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:41.479 Time if you time it to be that way. So, 69 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:43.400 but you've got to have a little luck on your side. 70 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:47.199 There is something nice about being being downtown this early 71 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:49.159 in the morning, whenever there's really nothing going on, and 72 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:50.960 there's something kind of peaceful about it, which I which 73 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:54.400 I kind of like. Uh, and so far, I don't 74 00:02:54.400 --> 00:02:56.639 know if I've adjusted because it's been two days. But 75 00:02:57.199 --> 00:02:59.759 the early the early starts have been have been nice. 76 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:02.800 I mean last night I was thinking, Okay, well, here's 77 00:03:02.800 --> 00:03:05.360 your first night where you are needing to get needing 78 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:07.479 to make sure you get to bed really early because 79 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:09.360 you got to get up and do it again. But 80 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:12.240 it all worked out, worked out naturally. I didn't really 81 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:14.520 have to do anything I got. I woke up at 82 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:16.919 three o'clock in the morning yesterday. Therefore, by the time 83 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:19.120 we got to nine o'clock last night, I was, I was, 84 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:20.319 here's where you're. 85 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:21.000 Going to run in trouble. 86 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:22.840 Here's where you're going to run into trouble. When you 87 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:26.199 want to watch the Pacers on Thursday one, and you know, 88 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:28.240 game one until at least ten o'clock unless it goes 89 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:30.360 into overtime. That's where you kind of run into a 90 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:31.680 bit of an issue because you got to get up 91 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:32.439 on Friday morning. 92 00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:35.759 Yeah, and if it was really any other game, especially 93 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:37.759 in the NBA Finals, I'd probably be okay. But this 94 00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:40.280 is a rare situation where I'm actually watching your team 95 00:03:40.280 --> 00:03:42.439 that I'm a fan of. I'm a Pacers fan, so. 96 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:45.599 And then you can't get to sleep after. I can't 97 00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:48.080 tell you, guys, how many Super Bowls I've missed. There 98 00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:51.000 was a run where I missed probably ten super Bowls 99 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:52.199 because I had to. 100 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:54.800 Go to bed early. That sounds awful, it was, And 101 00:03:55.199 --> 00:03:56.360 so finally I got smart. 102 00:03:56.400 --> 00:03:58.960 This was the first year that I told our boss Gus, 103 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:01.400 I said, dude, I'm taking Monday after the super Bowl off. 104 00:04:02.039 --> 00:04:03.479 And I said, because I'm going. 105 00:04:03.319 --> 00:04:04.599 To I would have so much fomo. 106 00:04:06.039 --> 00:04:07.400 You learned right. 107 00:04:07.479 --> 00:04:09.360 And I've been in the position where you guys are 108 00:04:09.400 --> 00:04:12.319 at where your favorite team is playing at night, and 109 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:14.800 it's almost it's in a weird, twisted way. It's almost 110 00:04:14.879 --> 00:04:17.240 kind of like Christmas though, because you wake up the 111 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:18.720 next morning. The first thing you do is you go 112 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:21.160 to your phone to see if they won, if they 113 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:23.000 won your related. If they're not, you're like, well, I 114 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:23.800 didn't miss much. 115 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:25.879 Is this my life moving forward? 116 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:30.600 That's how I missed the game. One comeback Nick against 117 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:31.199 the Knicks. 118 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:33.680 But to be fair, that wasn't a comeback that I 119 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:36.360 think anybody was anticipating. That was one we may never 120 00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:36.920 see again. 121 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:39.480 Well, what makes it worse, too, is now I've learned, 122 00:04:39.720 --> 00:04:43.160 like I literally fall asleep at home with the lights on, okay, 123 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:43.959 but I have to get up and. 124 00:04:43.920 --> 00:04:45.360 There scaring the hell out of me. 125 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:47.800 I tell you, guys, I tell you this. What was 126 00:04:47.920 --> 00:04:49.000 I go and my wife comes in. 127 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:51.000 She goes, I can't go to bed now, because when 128 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:52.279 I first started doing this, I was right where you 129 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:56.040 guys are at. And my wife says, I can't. I 130 00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:57.839 can't come upstairs and try to get to bed in 131 00:04:57.879 --> 00:04:59.839 the dark. I can't see anything. I said, well, I 132 00:04:59.839 --> 00:05:02.560 have to get to sleep, and so I've learned how 133 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:05.079 to fall asleep with the lights on. But yet in 134 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:06.800 the morning, I can't turn the lights on when I 135 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:08.519 get up. I have to keep things dark and fumble 136 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:09.160 for my clothes. 137 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:10.639 I mean, I knew this was going to be somewhat 138 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:12.600 of a lifestyle change, given that it is such a 139 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:15.639 different shift and a different schedule for me and all 140 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:18.639 adjust but there is one specific comment that really stood 141 00:05:18.680 --> 00:05:20.199 out to me from Tony Cruz in one of his 142 00:05:20.279 --> 00:05:22.360 last shows over the last two weeks that really hit 143 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:24.680 me and kind of made me realize, Okay, you can 144 00:05:24.720 --> 00:05:26.360 try to act like this isn't gonna be a big 145 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:27.680 change it's going to be a big change because he 146 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:30.120 was getting ribbed for how early he has to go 147 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:32.480 to bed, because for many years, twenty plus years, he 148 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:34.199 had to get up and start this show at five am. 149 00:05:34.319 --> 00:05:36.680 And he was kind of defending himself almost kind of 150 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:38.879 like he was a tough guy and saying, well, you 151 00:05:38.879 --> 00:05:41.439 know sometimes on Fridays I step up till like nine 152 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:42.879 thirty and I'm like, oh. 153 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:44.879 My gosh, this is this my life now. 154 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:47.759 Now, I told you sign for I told you in 155 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:50.120 the bright next Saturday night store and money. Because when 156 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:51.759 you ate one night this stay I'm up till two 157 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:53.360 in the morning, I can see it's awesome. 158 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:55.439 All right, all right, we got another update of trafficing 159 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:57.240 weather coming your way right here on news Radio eight 160 00:05:57.240 --> 00:06:02.439 forty whas. That is six sixteen here at Kentucky and 161 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:05.439 this morning news on news Radio eight forty whas. Nick 162 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:07.800 coffee with you. And if you have a five oh 163 00:06:07.879 --> 00:06:11.399 two area code, you might want to consider yourself lucky 164 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:13.879 if you care about your area code. We'll get into 165 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:15.319 it in just a second. But I'm not sure area 166 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:19.160 code is something that you realize that you really I mean, 167 00:06:19.240 --> 00:06:20.879 clearly you have to have one to have a phone number, 168 00:06:20.920 --> 00:06:22.680 but the specific it's I don't think it's going to 169 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:24.519 be much of an inconvenience if you have a different one, 170 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:28.439 and I'll explain coming up here shortly. However, here's here's 171 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:30.759 what we know that if you have a five O 172 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:33.319 two area code that of course covers Louisville and some 173 00:06:33.319 --> 00:06:36.160 surrounding areas, it's expected to they're going to run out 174 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:38.560 of phone numbers by the end of twenty twenty seven 175 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:42.560 due to population growth and increased device usage. By the way, 176 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:45.680 that's another factor that I'm not sure many people realize 177 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:48.279 unless you've actually gone about setting one of these up. 178 00:06:48.279 --> 00:06:51.560 But you can go create a digital number like a 179 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:54.959 Google Voice. You can have a phone number that is 180 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:58.839 that is just basically an Internet line. I think you 181 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:01.000 have to have a number attach associated to it, and 182 00:07:01.040 --> 00:07:03.000 you certainly have to have some Internet connection to even 183 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:05.600 obtain that. But if you put in where you live, 184 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:08.000 and you put in five two two, seven oh eight, 185 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:10.480 five nine, whatever it may be, it'll populate a bunch 186 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:12.279 of numbers. And I would imagine that one of the 187 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:14.680 factors here is that because of this, and this isn't new, 188 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:16.480 by the way, you've been able to get a digital 189 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:19.439 number for quite some time, and that has that has 190 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:22.639 probably led to a bunch of these numbers no longer 191 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:26.079 being available. So the Kentucky Public Service Commission is addressing 192 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:29.600 this by planning to introduce a new area code. Existing 193 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:32.439 five O two numbers will remain unchanged, but new phone 194 00:07:32.480 --> 00:07:35.439 numbers will be assigned to the new area code. What 195 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:37.279 that code is going to be, we still don't know. 196 00:07:37.720 --> 00:07:40.600 Public meetings are being held to gather feedback on what 197 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:43.120 it should be, and I guess just get feedback from folks. 198 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:46.839 But the first meeting was scheduled. This took place yesterday 199 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:50.079 at the Nelson County Fiscal Court out there in Barchtown. 200 00:07:50.120 --> 00:07:52.519 And they're gonna have another meeting coming up on June 201 00:07:52.519 --> 00:07:54.199 fifth at six pm and this will be at the 202 00:07:54.279 --> 00:07:58.160 JCC Southwest campus. So these are meetings that are going 203 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:02.000 to inform residents and get in put on new area 204 00:08:02.040 --> 00:08:06.399 code implementation, which I just if you live in Louisville, 205 00:08:06.439 --> 00:08:08.319 you don't have a five O two area code would 206 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:11.959 feel off, But I think once you realize area codes 207 00:08:12.120 --> 00:08:13.800 are needed. Right again, if you're if you're jotting down 208 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:16.399 a number and you and you just have assumed that 209 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:18.040 everything around here is going to be five oh two. 210 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:19.519 I guess that's where the biggest difference would be. 211 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:19.959 Yeah. 212 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:21.600 That was the hardest thing for me to get used 213 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:23.079 to when I moved here, because I'd asked somebody for 214 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:25.879 their phone number and they would automatically say, oh, it's 215 00:08:25.879 --> 00:08:28.319 five oh two five five five one two one two, 216 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:29.279 And I'm like. 217 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:31.519 Everybody always gave their area code beforehand. And I asked 218 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:33.559 my wife, I said, why do people do that? And 219 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:36.519 because we're so close in proximity to Lexington, then you 220 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:37.039 have two seven. 221 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:39.279 So where you grew up, was it very rare for 222 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:40.720 someone to have a different area code? 223 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:43.639 Yeah, yeah, it was just and then and then when 224 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:47.440 did marketing area codes become like, like for merch that's 225 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:48.720 like the hot thing to do now. 226 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:50.879 Yeah, so you see it in the gear all the times. 227 00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:52.039 True five oh two. 228 00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:56.679 Detroit celebrates three one three day on March thirty first. 229 00:08:56.720 --> 00:08:58.559 But yeah, excuse me. 230 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:00.960 I thought it was the weirdest thing to just people 231 00:09:00.919 --> 00:09:02.559 would always go, yeah, my number's five oh two. 232 00:09:03.399 --> 00:09:05.919 To this day, if somebody takes my phone number, I 233 00:09:06.279 --> 00:09:09.320 say five oh two, and I just assume it's I 234 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:10.840 think I do that because if they're gonna put it 235 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:12.799 in their cell phone, yeah, yeah, you would need to. 236 00:09:12.799 --> 00:09:14.399 I mean, I don't even know this. When somebody gives 237 00:09:14.440 --> 00:09:16.360 me their phone number, I'm used to them giving me 238 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:18.480 the area code, or I just assume the area code 239 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:20.799 is five oh two. Sometimes I assume wrong. But if 240 00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:22.919 you were to just put a seven digit number in 241 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:24.960 a phone and call it, it would work. 242 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:28.159 Right, it will. Yeah, remember you used not one oh yeah? 243 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:29.879 Of course you also remember when you used to have 244 00:09:29.879 --> 00:09:31.440 to pay for a long distance call. Now we don't 245 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:32.200 ever give it a thought. 246 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:34.720 I mean, it would be weird for me to have 247 00:09:34.759 --> 00:09:38.320 a number that was not five oh two. But when 248 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:40.519 I saw this yesterday, I'm thinking, well, there's people I 249 00:09:40.600 --> 00:09:43.480 talk to daily that who've been in my phone for 250 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:44.440 nearly a decade. 251 00:09:44.440 --> 00:09:46.480 But I wouldn't be able to guess their. 252 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:48.440 Phone number, even if you gave me a lineup of 253 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:50.399 different numbers to select, because once I put it in 254 00:09:50.440 --> 00:09:53.639 the phone and save the contact, I never look at 255 00:09:53.679 --> 00:09:54.080 it again. 256 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:55.360 You know what I mean exactly. 257 00:09:55.639 --> 00:09:58.759 Anyways, if you get a new phone in the next 258 00:09:59.080 --> 00:10:01.200 in the coming years, it may not be five zho two, 259 00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:02.840 which again sounds weird, But I don't think it'll be 260 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:04.919 as big of a deal as you might expect. All right, 261 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:07.120 another update of traffic and weather is coming your way, 262 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:09.159 as well as another update on sports from Scott right 263 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:13.960 here the news Radio eight forty whas. Thank you, John 264 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:15.879 at Is six thirty five here Kentucky and this morning 265 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:19.879 news on news Radio eight forty whas. So, the Kentucky 266 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:25.440 Transportation Cabinet studying that stretch of Bargetown Road from the 267 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:28.039 Bullet County Line close to Mount Washington up to Bulah 268 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:31.919 Church Road and Seatonville Roads. As John mentioned there, the 269 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:34.240 study is much needed. I didn't do a whole lot 270 00:10:34.279 --> 00:10:37.759 of studying, but I'm in that area often, and I 271 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:39.279 can tell you. 272 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:41.000 Traffic is really, really bad. 273 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:42.559 So it's no. 274 00:10:42.559 --> 00:10:44.960 Surprise that the councilman is asking for a temporary pause 275 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:48.080 on new developments until this study is released. It's going 276 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:49.720 to come out in August. And again, I don't mean 277 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:52.120 to act like I genuinely do know what goes into 278 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:54.720 these studies, but as someone who is in that area, 279 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:59.559 not super often, but often enough, the traffic is crazy. 280 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:02.679 And even before for the latest development, as far as 281 00:11:02.720 --> 00:11:04.840 just the new restaurants, the new shopping center, and it's 282 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:07.679 great over there, that stretch between really Fern Creek in 283 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:10.600 Mount Washington, there's a lot going on over there, and 284 00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:13.679 it's there's a lot of good restaurants businesses. 285 00:11:14.320 --> 00:11:16.759 But I really really. 286 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:19.200 Don't think I've been in that area at any time 287 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:22.360 in the last few years, maybe even longer than that, 288 00:11:22.720 --> 00:11:25.399 where it is not as bad as it gets when 289 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:26.679 it comes to traffic in an. 290 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:27.200 Area like that. 291 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:31.399 Obviously, there's stretches of Shelbyville Road, Preston Highway, Dixie Highway. 292 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:34.720 I mean, you're gonna get traffic jams and just expect traffic, 293 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:37.759 especially during certain times of the day with people commuting 294 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:41.039 from work and whatnot in school. But that is a 295 00:11:41.080 --> 00:11:44.039 different level of bad at least from my experience. And look, 296 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:46.799 I'm not some nobody likes traffic. Who does, But when 297 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:49.159 it comes to where we are here in Kentucky, and 298 00:11:49.480 --> 00:11:52.720 I've always felt like we've always had it pretty good. 299 00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:54.759 We can get to a lot of places, we can 300 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:57.799 go a lot, we can get really anywhere within our 301 00:11:57.960 --> 00:12:00.799 Kentucky and area, I don't want to say in a 302 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:04.720 relatively short time, but without really bad traffic, it doesn't 303 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:07.279 really take us a whole long time to get to 304 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:10.639 a lot of places, especially compared to other cities, even 305 00:12:10.679 --> 00:12:13.360 some that are I mean Lexington. I've never lived there, 306 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:15.799 but I know there's been studies previously that A's at 307 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:17.440 one point they had some of the worst traffic you'll 308 00:12:17.480 --> 00:12:18.320 find they did. 309 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:19.000 We found that out. 310 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:21.000 My son played a lot of hockey tournaments there, and 311 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:23.399 even because I'm like, how big is the city, it's not. 312 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:25.960 It's it's big, but it's not that big. But it 313 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:28.360 took forever to get every place. And I think, what 314 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:30.519 to your point listening you talk about this, I'm like you, 315 00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:34.080 I'm impatient in traffic. So what's helped me is I 316 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:36.720 dial up my app on my phone and it says, okay, 317 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:39.759 your arrival time is, you know, six fifty six. As 318 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:41.559 long as I know, I'm okay, I'm going to get 319 00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:43.320 there about that time, which it's pretty spot on. 320 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:47.320 It is wild how accurate they can they can get 321 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:50.360 you when it comes to time. I used to put 322 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:52.399 it in my GPS and think, okay, well I know 323 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:54.399 I know a different route, and I would and I 324 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:57.639 would try to battle with my GPS app on my phone. 325 00:12:57.639 --> 00:13:00.519 I use ways and ways ways as a wedding over 326 00:13:00.600 --> 00:13:02.559 me as far as proving me wrong that I went 327 00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:05.000 away that I assumed would be quicker and Ways was 328 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:08.960 Ways was right and Nick was wrong. But yeah, that 329 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:11.879 just to me, see, and oftentimes I've thought, well, maybe 330 00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:14.480 this is just me complaining because I'm now sitting in 331 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:17.919 traffic when I typically don't. But as more business as 332 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:20.600 if popped up in that area New Fern Creek, I mean, 333 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:22.799 it's it's an absolute mess. When you're on the Snyder 334 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:26.000 and you are attempting you know, let's say you're even 335 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:28.279 if you're going past that Bargetown Road exit on the 336 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:31.679 Snyder heading east, you know you're still going to be 337 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:35.000 jammed up because there's so many people lined up, like 338 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:38.600 almost two exits back at times to get off at 339 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:41.200 the at the Barchtown Road Fern Creek exit area there. 340 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:43.799 So not again not surprised to hear that the councilman's 341 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:45.960 asking for a temporary pause on new development. 342 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:48.440 But the new development's great, it's just there's it's such 343 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:49.000 a jam. 344 00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:51.360 It's so congested, dude, I'm telling you, And I know 345 00:13:51.440 --> 00:13:53.279 so many people have moved to that part of the 346 00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:55.840 city now that it bought because their houses were such 347 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:58.039 a steal. I mean, they got a nice area, so 348 00:13:58.120 --> 00:13:59.799 it's a very nice area. They got a good house 349 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:02.080 with a nice area, and they were down there. And 350 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:03.840 to your point, when you're talking about traffic, I was 351 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:06.960 also thinking about I remember Mayor Abramson announced that we 352 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:09.080 were going to redo the Dixie Highway corridor because they 353 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:11.080 had a lot of problems. And I was down there recently, 354 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:14.159 and it's not perfect. To your point, you're going to 355 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:17.080 get traffic anywhere. Those businesses totally understand that. But I 356 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:19.759 think there have been improvements on Dixie Highway. Now there's 357 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:22.120 maybe somebody who's sitting there right now listening to us, going, 358 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:23.759 you're crazy, dude, I'm stuck. 359 00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:26.679 I understand that, but I've seen those improvements well. 360 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:29.480 And if you are a business owner, I think traffic, 361 00:14:29.559 --> 00:14:31.440 for the most part's a good thing. There's a lot 362 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:34.200 of people around, there's a lot of visibility, but man, 363 00:14:34.200 --> 00:14:36.320 there's a fine line of like people may avoid even 364 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:38.919 getting in that area because it's such a such a mess. 365 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:40.480 Now, sometimes you're right. 366 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:43.360 But when I found out though, too, because that area 367 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:46.200 you're talking about, you've got that big Walmart there, they 368 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:49.399 do very well. I've been down that area quite a bit. 369 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:52.200 You've got the cracker Barrel that's right off right off J. 370 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:53.720 Schnyder So and. 371 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:54.279 A lot of people. 372 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:56.120 If you want to take the if sixty five is 373 00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:58.440 congested and you want to get down to Barnstown, if 374 00:14:58.440 --> 00:15:00.679 you're headed that way, you can just cut down here. 375 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:02.639 So I have a lot of friends. 376 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:04.759 My sister lives in Mount Washington, and her way of 377 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:08.399 getting to us oftentimes is to just go Barchtown Road 378 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:11.120 all the way to the Snyder and then head west. 379 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:14.039 But I mean, I'm sure she's found some alternate routes 380 00:15:14.080 --> 00:15:15.720 because if you hit that And I was going to 381 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:17.279 say at a bad time, but I'm not sure there's 382 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:19.120 a good time, unless maybe we're talking like middle of 383 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:22.320 the night, real quick. Worst city you've ever experienced traffic. 384 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:27.039 Chicago, hands down. Even La is a close second. 385 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:30.480 Chicago Atlanta for mehe was bad. Yep, real bad. 386 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:33.039 All right, we got another update of traffic and weather 387 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:34.759 coming your way right here on Kentucky And it's morning 388 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:39.799 news on news radio eight forty whis six forty six 389 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:42.159 Here Kentucky and it's morning news. Nick Coffee with you 390 00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:44.360 here on news Radio eight forty whs. We'll have another 391 00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:47.120 update in about ten minutes on Sports with Scott Fitzgerald. 392 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:50.240 One of the stories from earlier was the addition of 393 00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:53.440 a Sonanda Frew, who goes by Sonny Frew. He is 394 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:55.480 a big man from Germany who's going to join Pat 395 00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:58.480 Kelsey's team. And he said something in a recent interview 396 00:15:58.480 --> 00:16:00.000 on the Field of sixty eight, which is an outland 397 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:03.679 that covers college basketball, that I wouldn't say that this 398 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:07.600 has become a humongous talking point among Louisville and Kentucky fans, 399 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:10.080 but it is something that you don't expect to hear. 400 00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:10.840 I wouldn't think. 401 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:12.279