Katy vs Cypress - working in the energy corridor and about to move

[Cbink]

We live in Cypress (Copper Lakes) and love it. We bought here to get better value on the house and have no regrets. I commute to the galleria normally but occasionally down to the EC. Commute time is all about time of day. I get to the Galleria in <25 minutes but that's at 5am. Same time of day to EC is 15 mins.

[curbur]

Originally Posted by gwarnecke

I said via the Grand Parkway and i10.

I live 3 miles from work in the Energy Corridor. On bad days, it can take me 20 minutes to get to the office.

Ah, my apologies for the misunderstanding.

[rjj42]

Originally Posted by Cbink

We live in Cypress (Copper Lakes) and love it. We bought here to get better value on the house and have no regrets. I commute to the galleria normally but occasionally down to the EC. Commute time is all about time of day. I get to the Galleria in <25 minutes but that's at 5am. Same time of day to EC is 15 mins.

How long does the commute from Copper Lakes to the Galleria take at around 7AM?

[Cbink]

Originally Posted by rjj42

How long does the commute from Copper Lakes to the Galleria take at around 7AM?

I avoid that time. About an hour give or take. Sometimes more.

[haudi]

Times according to Google Traffic:

Originally Posted by rjj42

How long does the commute from Copper Lakes to the Galleria take at around 7AM?

[KerrTown]

Originally Posted by LocalPlanner

Please do not give people false hope. While the main stretch of 290 may improve, the increased flow to the West Loop and I-10 will likely result in increased backups from those facilities. On the Katy Freeway, the widening improved commutes (for a few years at least) in the middle portions but created much greater congestion at the West Loop and inside the Loop. Trying to relieve congestion in one place results in more congestion in another place. I thought this would be obvious by now.

Plus when rapid population growth resumes, Cypress will be a beneficiary - meaning that soon after 290 will fill up again.

So why isn't the IH-10 connector being built like in the original plans from the 1960's? I was hoping to see that when the West Loop was quad-carriaged but it turns out that the left dual-carriages are for the 290 HOV lanes. Looks like TXDOT has a conflict of interest since the Houston District office is built on the connector's ROW. (I can't imagine dealing with the Texas equivalent of the GAO prioritizing co-locating in state-owned office buildings though.)

Originally Posted by curbur

The neighborhoods directly west of them are not however, which will increase traffic on the local and thoroughfare roads.

It's called the big F-up along FM 1463.

[xhevoice]

Originally Posted by LocalPlanner

Please do not give people false hope. While the main stretch of 290 may improve, the increased flow to the West Loop and I-10 will likely result in increased backups from those facilities. On the Katy Freeway, the widening improved commutes (for a few years at least) in the middle portions but created much greater congestion at the West Loop and inside the Loop. Trying to relieve congestion in one place results in more congestion in another place. I thought this would be obvious by now.

Plus when rapid population growth resumes, Cypress will be a beneficiary - meaning that soon after 290 will fill up again.

If Houston MSA wants to improve congestion it would do what other modern and smart metropolitan areas do, build subways/els and commuter rail. But, that won't happen because Houston MSA loves air pollution.

[Tassy001]

Originally Posted by gwarnecke

I said via the Grand Parkway and i10.

I live 3 miles from work in the Energy Corridor. On bad days, it can take me 20 minutes to get to the office.

This......on bad days it takes me 20-30 minutes making the 5 mile stretch from my house to I-10 and Eldridge.

Usually it's 10-15 minutes......