Posts Tagged ‘I-10’
Grand Parkway
Ok, I couldn’t help myself. There’s been loads of hoopla surrounding the Grand Parkway recently. The most interesting piece, I think, is that the Sierra Club has now sued TxDOT to stop the Grand Parkway. Now, most of the environmental issue with the Grand Parkway is that it tears right through the middle of a [...]
Pierce / Dallas
First off, major props to Tory Gattis for what he had to say about toll roads yesterday: Road needs far outstrip demand in fast-growing Texas, we refuse to inflation index or increase the gas tax (which will soon barely cover maintenance on our existing network), and we refuse to convert historically free freeways to toll [...]
Briefly
I-10 is a joke. I passed 3 speed traps today driving outbound on I-10 from Taylor St. to Campbell. That’s 10 miles. Meanwhile the inbound lanes were already moving at a snail’s pace at 7:30 in the morning. Congrats Houston! Way to spend 3 billion dollars! By the way, do you think we could learn [...]
I-10
Has anyone else noticed that traffic on I-10 is still not great? I have a ‘reverse’ commute on I-10 every day. Before the expansion traffic was fine inside the loop outbound in the morning, slow outside the loop. Inbound in the evening it was slow outside the loop, fine inside, except near the 10-45 interchange. [...]