Traffic that bad?

[tstone]

Originally Posted by EEstudent

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i felt like stopping and shooten a few holes in the car and her brain!!!

Looks like somebody forgot their pills that morning!

[Indianspringsguy]

Originally Posted by desertsun41

Sure it could get bad in selected areas but not everywhere. I know of several cities I been to which is worse then Houston. Every city complains they have the worse traffic. At least Texas as a whole have a modern highway infrastructure. We do lack mass transit though. But what should impress you are all the high flyovers, spagetti bowls and wide highways. It seems the few choke points are just cluster fs by TxDot or miscalulation of future growth.

The biggest waste of money and lost time are those boondoggle HOV lanes. Who uses it....maybe a couple dozen cars a day? And what's there one single lane? You get stuck behind one slow poke and you suffer for the entire length. People tend to drive slow when they feel endclosed by those barriors. In most cases the main traffic lanes travel faster. Without that one single HOV lane they could have added 1 extra lane plus a shoulder in each direction. Not to mention by each and every one of us tax payers paying for that one lane yet only a lucky few get to use it, that is discrimination and profiling at its finest. I though that was illegal.

Anyone know what those HOV bridges cost? Wow we could have saved world starvation if we didn't waste our money on that crap.

Like anywhere. Pick your job first and then and only then pick your home. Soon gas will be $5 or more so you better live close to work.

The public has not sufficiently reacted to the gift given them. If they car pool, they can use the lane. The lane is much faster because it has less traffic. Remove it and you have the congestion we used to have. The buses take also. I knew a fellow who studies this and based on traffic movements, this was the solution. It does work out. Safer for motorcycles and faster for those who are willing and able to share an automobile, be it a van, car or bus. People don;t think they can share but many can. Maybe some folks need some insights as to how successful users of the lane manage their bosses, their work or business and plan ahead with contingencies.

[Topaz]

Originally Posted by Indianspringsguy

The public has not sufficiently reacted to the gift given them. If they car pool, they can use the lane. The lane is much faster because it has less traffic.

Although I have been dismayed and amazed at how often there is a driver going 20 mph in the HOV lane on 59. With no one in front of them. Since it is a single lane surrounding by concrete barriers, you cannot get around the slow moving car. It is bizarre how poorly some people drive.