Traffic on I-45 Freeway (transportation, suburban, station)

[SouthernBoy205]

Originally Posted by An0nym0us88

I could see that being outside of Dallas, Austin, or Houston.

Houston is seriously not slow or lazy. I always drive over the speed limit and I'm constantly moving over to a slower lane on the freeway for people behind to pass me.

Thanks for telling us that you drive over the limit.

[Maddie800]

Originally Posted by SouthernBoy205

Thanks for telling us that you drive over the limit.

Haha it was for survival I felt like I was going to be run over.

[HoustonRonnie]

Originally Posted by danieloneil01

Get rid of the HOV lane and put a rail in it's place. The HOV lane is stupid and only serves a small minority. It could serve a lot more if it were a rail. Plenty of park and rides being used by buses that aren't cheap and need an operator.

Like THAT'S gonna ever happen. I can see it now, 2,000 guys along I45 leaning on shovels looking into holes while the travel time on I45 goes from an hour to 2 hours from Webster to downtown.

Ronnie

[piyf]

There's a concrete barrier separating the workers from traffic on both sides. And they'll have their own lane to haul in stuff protected by that concrete barrier. It's not like they have to build say an overpass like the one for Nasa Rd 1. They're all already in place and just need tracks.

[An0nym0us88]

Originally Posted by SouthernBoy205

Thanks for telling us that you drive over the limit.

If the speed limit was 60. I'd be scared to death going 50 on the freeway.

[annie_himself]

Originally Posted by danieloneil01

There's a concrete barrier separating the workers from traffic on both sides. And they'll have their own lane to haul in stuff protected by that concrete barrier. It's not like they have to build say an overpass like the one for Nasa Rd 1. They're all already in place and just need tracks.

It's one lane inside of the beltway, so there is no extra room to haul materials.

[mistergus75]

Originally Posted by danieloneil01

Get rid of the HOV lane and put a rail in it's place. The HOV lane is stupid and only serves a small minority. It could serve a lot more if it were a rail. Plenty of park and rides being used by buses that aren't cheap and need an operator.

I started a thread about this yesterday. Moderator closed the thread before the working people getting home could join in.

I'm not sure a rail would be used much either. People want to drive to work. And the nature of suburban living makes it difficult to imagine driving miles to a rail station to get on a train.

But you're right, HOV lanes are a waste of concrete. All that cement being used for the HOV lane (behavioral modification, actually) would be better utilized as an additional northbound/southbound lane.

Just think how much that would alleviate traffic!

But no, the greenies want us to carpool...

[mistergus75]

Originally Posted by SouthernBoy205

I remeber those lanes when I used to live in Atlanta. They would always be the "empty" lanes.

Think about all the lost productivity, the wasted hours for all the people sitting in traffic because of those (certainly underused, if not technically empty) HOV lanes.

Think of the additional gasoline burned by all the cars stuck just sitting in traffic due to an inadequate number of lanes.

Think of all the pollutants being dumped in the air by all that slow moving, sometimes-not-moving-at-all traffic just so the greenies can feel good about their HOV lanes.

Get rid of them!

[SouthernBoy205]

Originally Posted by mistergus75

Think about all the lost productivity, the wasted hours for all the people sitting in traffic because of those (certainly underused, if not technically empty) HOV lanes.

Think of the additional gasoline burned by all the cars stuck just sitting in traffic due to an inadequate number of lanes.

Think of all the pollutants being dumped in the air by all that slow moving, sometimes-not-moving-at-all traffic just so the greenies can feel good about their HOV lanes.

Get rid of them!

IKR! That's the truth!

[mistergus75]

Originally Posted by SouthernBoy205

IKR! That's the truth!

Jump on the other thread!

Behavior controlling liberals need to hear you!