DallasBiff, I think the complements in post 44 are to you rather than me.
PhiloBedo - once you get used to them, the loops inside the airport aren’t the problem. They’ve re-done the roads around the north entrance, and put up signs that will send you the wrong way if you take them literally. And now they are tearing up the airport on the south side. And finally, they’ve torn up the ramps around Terminal A to run the light rail line into the airport.
They replaced the looping trams outside security with a fairly decent rail system at roof level inside security - great if you are changing planes, but not much use to locals. And since you will generally come back to a different terminal than you left from, and there aren’t good links outside security, terminal parking doesn’t make any sense at all if you check baggage.
I don’t work at DFW on a daily basis but my job involves visiting it on a weekly basis to check on the operation.
The new lanes are narrow but I drive a 1/2 pickup through them all of the time without any trouble so far but you better be watching what you’re doing. Once they are converted to auto-toll I think things should speed up considerably.
Sorry for your trouble and I’ve experience some long waits leaving the South side before as well. Extended waits are often due to someone who has neither cash nor card to pay the toll as they have to fill out paperwork, a promise to pay, etc. before they’ll be allowed through. My own boss has had to do this on multiple occasions of forgetting his wallet.
“You must not be native Texan. Honking down here get you in a heap of trouble.”
Agree 100%. We don’t honk the horn here. it’s not polite. It’s akin to sending someone the physical “finger.” I’ve visited NYC and people will lay on the horn for anything up there. I may get mad at a long wait but I don’t use the horn.