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I-40, with local commuters and its a very busy cross country shipping route. There are no loop freeways that go around Albuquerque and it's the only interstate freeway connecting the east and west sides of the Rio Grande. I-40 going east into ABQ abruptly transitions from high desert and just two lanes into five to six lanes in each direction down in the valley near the Big I junction with I-25.
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In Austin, I-35 is the busiest. I've tried finding current exact traffic counts but cannot. I found an article from 2008 that stated traffic counts on 35 are 200,000. From current articles, I read the same thing of over 200,000, which seems unlikely to me with all the recent growth. From personal experience, it was bad in 2008 but it is easily worse now.
Update: I found 2012 numbers and it peaks around 225,000 around the north side of downtown, and 210,000 and up in a number of other places where they measured.It is 180,000 where 35 crosses Town Lake and the interstate is only 3 lanes each way.
In Austin, I-35 is the busiest. I've tried finding current exact traffic counts but cannot. I found an article from 2008 that stated traffic counts on 35 are 200,000. From current articles, I read the same thing of over 200,000, which seems unlikely to me with all the recent growth. From personal experience, it was bad in 2008 but it is easily worse now.
Update: I found 2012 numbers and it peaks around 225,000 around the north side of downtown, and 210,000 and up in a number of other places where they measured.It is 180,000 where 35 crosses Town Lake and the interstate is only 3 lanes each way.
Is Redding a big town? Does it have a lot of the things a bigger city/town has or do you have to go to another city for certain things?
Redding has about 90,000 people, and amazingly enough, has about any shopping experience you could think of. It's kind of the northern hub of the far north of CA, if that makes sense. We've got Costco, Target, Walmart, Trader Joes (no Whole Foods), Grocery Outlet, malls with the usual Gap, Sears, that kind of thing, Harbor Freight, Home Depot, Lowe's, Office Depot....tons of restaurants. Also it's the medical hub, too, for regional emergencies, etc., so good medical. DMV in town, Social Security office in town.
It's amazingly convenient and has a lot of recreation right in the area, too. And without the traffic the other major areas have in CA.
My only problem with Redding is the hot summers. Brutal.
People on CD complain about crime in Redding, but I mock them . There isn't even any graffitti here. There are a lot of homeless, but any big city/town in CA has them nowadays. The crime here hasn't touched my world.
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. There isn't even any graffitti here. There are a lot of homeless, but any big city/town in CA has them nowadays. The crime here hasn't touched my world.
