the south side traffic back is up through the waldo tunnel, the north side traffic is backing up to van nessso it's really a balancing act. and it's a no-win situation. with the doyle drive construction, people are going slower with the signal timing on lombard and van ness, it's -- you know, it's a whole combination of factors that leads to congestion to get on the bridge. the bridge is like the funnel and you can only pour so much traffic and get it through in the time it goes through according to physics so the bridge can handling the capacity. once you're on the bridge you're moving. it's just get together bridge that takes the time. >> well, traffic is moving better northbound tonight because there are four lanes going that way but i can tell you last night at 7:30, it was 3-3 and they were putting a fourth northbound lane in at 7:30 last night. but this is tonight. curry does point to another factor we should mention, the summer tourist season. >> no doubt. that's your route home so get a reservation. >> tonight it will be smooth sailing unless they reconfigure it. >>> two big entries