The traffic in Park City will likely flow fine on Christmas day.But there could be traffic jams starting the next day and then daily through the early days of January.Park City officials have published an annual calendar designed to highlight the days during the ski season when traffic is projected to be bad. Known as the peak day calendar, the municipal government on the calendar covers the period between Nov. 1 and April 30. Those months involve the busiest stretches of the ski season, such as periods like the holidays and the Sundance Film Festival.Park City defines a peak day as one when the traffic is projected to exceed the capacity of the roads. Peak days started in late November and continued into December. One of the longest stretches of peak days starts on Dec. 26, the day after Christmas.According to the calendar, peak days then continue until Jan. 5. The period between Christmas and New Year’s is traditionally one of the busiest stretches of the ski season, with many visitors celebrating Christmas at home before heading to Park City for a ski vacation.The peak days through mid-January generally fall on Fridays through Sundays before another busy stretch starting on Jan. 20, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Sundance Film Festival opens shortly afterward, making much of the second half of January a solid bloc of peak days.The peak days are expected to subside at least somewhat in February, with a freestyle World Cup at Deer Valley Resort scheduled Feb. 6-8 and the final days of Sundance highlighted. The peak days the rest of February are identified as Fridays through Sundays with Presidents Day on Feb. 17 also listed. The peak days in March fall on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. There are no peak days listed in April, as the ski season is scheduled to draw to a close.According to City Hall, officials crafted the calendar of peak days after researching data from four years “to anticipate the days the city experiences high traffic volume.” The City Hall posting says there will be unspecified “increased staffing and mitigation” on the days that are designated as peak.City Hall, meanwhile, outlines steps someone may take to help reduce the traffic, if they are able to do so based on their schedule. The municipal government asks that people consider alterations on peak days, including:Avoiding travel during the morning rush hour from between 7 and 9:30 a.m. and the evening rush hour from between 3:30 and 6 p.m. Carpooling. Opting to ride the Park City bus system, which is free. Considering unspecified alternative means of transportation.The peak day calendar is one of the steps taken by City Hall as it attempts to address the crush of cars in the community during the ski season. Backups on roads like Park Avenue, Bonanza Drive and Kearns Boulevard are commonplace, and there are sometimes lines of cars extending to the parking lots at Park City Mountain and Deer Valley Resort. In another traffic-fighting measure, the Park City Police Department oftentimes positions law enforcement vehicles at potential chokepoints.Park City officials have crafted a calendar for the ski season showing when traffic is projected to peak. There are peak days expected during the holidays. Credit: Courtesy of Park City Municipal Corp.Traffic has long been one of the chief concerns of Parkites. Although there are traffic-related complaints lodged throughout the year, the worries can be concentrated during the holidays and then Sundance. This month marks the 10-year anniversary of a terrible traffic jam that left drivers inching their way through the Park City area during the afternoon rush on one day during the holidays. There were reports across Park City of trips taking in the range of 90 minutes during the late-2014 breakdown that would ordinarily take just a few minutes.The peak day calendar is available on the City Hall website, parkcity.org. The direct link is: parkcity.org/about-us/getting-around. The webpage also includes information about transit and parking.The post Park City traffic ready to clog up, and then Sundance congestion begins appeared first on Park Record.