Wednesday, June 11, 2008
New study shows Dallas-Fort Worth fifth worst in nation for traffic congestion
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DALLAS — According to this story in the Dallas Business Journal, it appears that a new study from Inrix, a traffic information provider, has shown that the Dallas-Fort Worth area ranks fifth worst in the nation in traffic congestion.
The busiest intersection, according to the report, was the bottleneck at Loop 820 and Highway 26 in Grapevine.
Houston, surprisingly, ranks just seventh. Dallas was beaten out by Los Angeles, New York/New Jersey, Chicago and Washington D.C.
The study went on to say that traffic congestion across the U.S. is significantly worse than it was as recently as 2006, when the average commute took half as long. Combined with escalating oil prices, the average U.S. commuter is likely not a happy camper.
Posted by Todd M.
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Blake Ramick Verified
hmmm expand Dart anyone?
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Suza Kanon Verified
recently i listed to a city council meeting on wrr. they decided that central expwy & pearl expwy. were too racetrack like. so they decided to tear both up & turn them into 2 way streets, so it would be less speedy. (geniuses all down there.)
an older gentlemen pipes up & mentions "have any of you cross referenced this idea with the map of proposed dart tracks going into deep ellum?" none of them had. they never thought about it & honestly most didn't care.
developers don't care about congestion, they take the tollway.
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John McClelland Verified
I found out at a DCTA meeting in Denton this winter that many of the towns in Denton County did not want to opt into mass transit because they already were maxed out on their sales tax. And to top it off that DCTA is no longer federally funded, contrary to Michael Burgess's claims of bringing in federal dollars for it.
It makes you wonder how we're going to get any viable train and bus systems in our area if nobody is willing to build them. We honestly can not continue to rely solely on cars.
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