This website is under perpetual developement. Have a safe and enjoyable holiday NOTICE Effective May 4, 2023, the Thursday evening Houston the Local Traffic Net will move to the 147.000 PL: 103.5 Repeater. TXDOT officials project the project to be completed by 2026. HLTN - Houston Local Traffic Net NO NET There will not be a Houston Local Traffic Net on Monday, May 29 in observance of Memorial Day.
"To focus on the most effective and efficient ways to move projects forward, both rural and urban, and to use taxpayers dollars to get the roads built where they're needed and when they're needed." "The commission's policy from day one has been to execute, execute, execute," TxDOT's commissioner Robert Vaughn said. KUT summarized the law as the more lanes you build, the more cars you attract. The Spur 5 project is part of the Texas Clear Lanes program, which has a goal to improve overall traffic flow particularly during Hurricane evacuations.Ī study from the American Economic Association concluded increased provision of roads or public transit is unlikely to relieve congestion because of the Fundamental Law of Road Congestion. The Greater Houston area is home to nearly 7 million people with projected growth of over 80% by 2050 according to TxDOT officials. "We're right here by the University of Houston, with the Texas Southern University right down the street."
"The SH 35 Project symbolizes more than just a transportation solution it signifies a bridge, access to education," Evans-Shabazz said. "If 45 is crowded, I can divert here from 610 and take and this is an alternate way for me to go into downtown," she said.Ĭity Council Member Carolyn Evans-Shabazz said the project will connect communities in the city and help Houstonians gain better access to the central business district. While the project will begin as a 3.4 mile stretch of roadway, planners hope to eventually extend the path all the way to Beltway 8 as an alternate to the Pearland area.Įliza Paul is a district engineer with the Texas Department of Transportation and explains the vision behind the plan. The Texas Department of Transportation has begun construction for a new highway along Spur 5 which will connect Houston's Gulf Freeway and 610 South Loop. The Utah Department of Transportation claims its plans to expand Interstate 15 are “part of a comprehensive approach to meeting transportation demand through the year 2050 that includes added capacity to FrontRunner, additional bus service, local and regional roadway improvements and new facilities for those who walk and bike.” Pointing to evidence about induced demand and other ways that expanding freeways often fails to reduce traffic, Banta writes that Utah officials could instead implement congestion pricing and improve transit to give people accessible and reliable options for opting out of their cars.įULL STORY: Bigger freeways don’t cut traffic congestion, many studies show.Patricia Ortiz/Houston Public Media The Texas Department of Transportation has begun construction for a new highway along Spur 5 which will connect Houston's Gulf Freeway and 610 South Loop.
“Meanwhile, Salt Lake City’s west-side residents are continuing to question the wisdom of I-15 expansion at the expense of air quality and possible razing of homes to accommodate the project.” HOUSTON All mainlanes at I-45 North Freeway northbound near West Mount Houston are shut down due to a major crash and a HAZMAT spill, according to Houston Police Department.
“But study after study has shown that while widening highways reduces travel times at first, traffic returns as people change their behaviors,” Banta notes. An article by Megan Banta in The Salt Lake Tribune describes the growing opposition to the widening of Interstate 15 in Salt Lake and Davis counties, with some local residents and advocates including Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall questioning the utility of adding roadway capacity.ĭOT projections show that travel times would, in the long term, be reduced or grow by less than they would without road expansion.
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