[Arrowhead1952]

"Austin didn't add transportation capacity in the '80s or '90s," Lomax told The Associated Press. "The 'If you don't build it, they won't come' philosophy didn't work."

Much of this is due to the SOS (Save Our Springs) alliance and the EV whackos here. Several road projects were delayed because of cave spiders and other "endangered species" in the proposed right of ways.

[Arrowhead1952]

Austin traffic ping.

[-YYZ-]

And yet, I believe it is true that it is impossible to solve traffic problems by building more roads. Better access to a given area inevitably increases the rate of growth in that area, and before you know it you're right back where you started. Plus, in many cases, addition more capacity is just not feasible. I do support building more and better roads (not toll roads, ideally), but it does seem to to be a losing battle.

[Flightdeck]

Tell me about it. The worst is when there are three lanes of people inching along, and people in the far right lane go onto the exit/entrance lanes and just zoom up and merge back in. They just leapfrog like that every exit. If I had a giant flamethrower mounted on my car, I would roast those drivers alive.

[Rightly Biased]

And it ain't gonna get any better either.

When the Fam has to go to Lampassas from Seguin We go up 281 'cause it takes just as much time without all the hassles.

The most direct route is right through Austin. But yeah right.


Has anyone done any studies to see if the Goldencheek Worbbler eats the Barton Creek Salamander?

[kingattax]

[jsbankston]

The commute from my office at 4th & Congress to my home in Travis Heights is a nightmare.

It sometimes takes as much as ten minutes on my bike!