Houston Roadways

Traffic in downtown Austin, Texas is becoming a sever issue and is continuing to become slower and more congested every day. Austin ranks 4th on a list of U.S. cities with the least efficient roadways, and with its remarkable growth rate, the issue can only get worse. After reading numerous articles based on opinions and statements from local city planners and engineers, the best way to see an improvement in the traffic issue is to increase the amount of public transportation in the Austin area. The increase of public transportation would provide fast travel time and would help reduce the amount of money, commuters and locals use on gas by a substantial amount per year. Though many may argue the that we have enough public transportation already, reducing the number of personal vehicles on the road would decrease the amount of bumper to bumper traffic experienced on a daily basis, as well as increase the options for those commuting to the city every day. there are many possible solutions, such as widening the highways or even building them underground, these solutions however are not the most economically correct and productive way to relieve traffic downtown.

The traffic problem in Atlanta drains both time and money for thousands. It has been shown that Atlanta drivers spend on average 51 unnecessary hours behind the wheel each year (WSB Radio, 2013). That’s more than two 24 hour days spent sitting in traffic. During all this time spent, Atlantans end up spending upwards of $1000 per year on gas and collectively use 63,000,000 gallons of gas each year while sitting in traffic (WSB Radio, 2013). Traffic in Atlanta has been a huge waste of time and money for Atlantans for years and something needs to be done to alleviate the

Evidence: A study presented by the white house on its website reported that 65% of roads rated in less than good condition. 25% of bridges require significant repair or cannot handle today's traffic. Also because certain roads cannot be used there is more traffic. The Texas Transportation Institute estimates that American commuters in urban areas collectively lost 5.5 billion hours stuck in traffic in 2011, meaning the average commuter lost nearly a week to traffic. their calculations further suggest that traffic congestion caused American commuters to purchase an extra 2.9 billion gallons of fuel, costing them more than $120 billion in added fuel costs and wasted time.

In this detailed report, essential actors such as the Transportation, Natural Resources, and California Environmental Protection Agency provide ongoing projects they are developing which collectively helps California attain an improved infrastructure plan. In recent events, Californians passed Measure M in 2016 by a 71.5% margin which will serve as sales tax to “improver freeway traffic flow/safety; repair potholes/sidewalks; repave local streets”(Metro). An unpopular decision that has affected commuters was the recent gas tax signed into effect by governor Jerry Brown on November 1st 2017. This increase in tax , formerly known as the Senate 1 Bill, increased gasoline prices by 12 cents to help fund the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of the California Highway Patrol. Over the course of a decade, this legislative package aims to collects $54 Billion to fix roads, freeways and bridges. In terms of distribution, $200,000,000 of the funds will go into road maintenance, $100,000,000 of the funds will go to the Active Transportation Program, and $400,000 of the funds will go to maintenance and rehabilitation (State of California

We live on dirt roads, which don't have many cars on it. one way to improve the roads would be to trim trees and trim areas around intersections, so you could see better. Another improvement would be to have the potholes filled in.

In a survey of Houstonians, over 82% of those surveyed says that they would rather travel on a four lane street compared to a two lane street because they feel that it is faster (Vu). With more lanes on Old Foltin Road and Essie Road, drivers will have more opportunity to switch lanes if the lane that they are currently on is slow or an accident has occurred on the lane. This will reduce the time spent in traffic. By reducing the time spent in traffic, one is able to help reduce the congestion by being one less car on the streets. Additionally, on a multiple lane street, there is typically a fast lane (“When”). The fast lane, usually the farthest left lane, is designed for drivers who tend to drive faster than others around them. The fast lane enables traffic to flow smoother which in turn will deduce the amount of congestion. “The left lane is saved for those currently passing. It is a very simple, yet effective rule that helps drivers stay safe and minimizes traffic congestion” (“When”). With the reduction of traffic congestion due to the fast lanes, drivers are able to have more time on their hands to spend with their families. By using more lanes, Old Foltin Road and Essie Road will be able to reduce the disruption of vehicles entering and exiting Our Lady of

FuturEBR acknowledges as much. Though its solution to traffic congestion includes road improvement projects, the plan concedes “it is not possible to build enough roads or supply enough public transit to sustain the current growth patterns.”

Recently there was a massive traffic jam stretching across New Hampshire. If this could be caused by one single accident, what could happen with a major 20 car pileup? This is why a major widening is needed. However, this will cost many millions of

The Interstate Highway System has gotten better over the past years but it’s the little things that can be a big problem in the end. In the past, the highway system was worse than it is today. Back then there weren’t a big amount of highways; most of the roads were dirt roads and that was a HUGE problem. Due to there not being many roads I’m sure that caused traffic to be a big problem. I’m sure it wasn’t safe to drive on those dirt roads if the weather was bad such as it being windy or it raining. There needed to be a change made for EASIER, SAFER, and QUICKER highways.

The demand for mobility and connectivity is increasingly becoming the next frontier in advancing infrastructural aims. An editorial published on the American Statesman on September 3, 2015 by Mr. Mike Heiligenstein argues that the city of Austin will be forced to seek smart tech solutions when cornered with traffic congestion. According to the author, the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA) was working to do exactly that, address the city’s traffic woes by adapting tested mobility solutions. CTRMA was established by Travis and Williamson counties in Texas to provide innovative solutions. The agency has already constructed 183A Toll road in Leander and Cedar Park to boost mobility and economic growth. The other successful project is US 290 Toll road connecting Austin to Manor. Since the construction of the road and nontoll lanes, traffic has increased three fold.

It’s a smooth bus ride until we turn onto New Haven. BUMP! BUMP! We bounce down the road, clinging to our belongings so that they won’t fly everywhere. To improve our community of Floyd, I suggest that more roads, such as New Haven, need to be paved. Floyd has been honored by national polls for best small towns, but tourists don’t want to drive down unpaved roads! Setting a smooth, solid surface would improve everyone’s safety as well. Better roads would benefit us all!

As the largest private employer in our metropolitan area with over 43,500 employees, our workforce has a massive impact on local traffic. We have been contacted by representatives of the city and they have asked us to reduce this impact. I, as the supervisor of operations, have been assigned this task of analyzing the workforce’s transportation habits and to find realistic solutions. Over the past 6 months I have been processing surveys and have collected data that will be portrayed in a form of pie charts and bar graphs. At the end of this report, I will conclude my findings and will provide some recommendations to be successful in minimizing the impact that our workforce has on local traffic.

You might have heard recently that the United States Trust Fund is currently experiencing a solvency issue due to an increased cost associated with financing road projects. The members of the United States Congress, as well as numerous other influential leaders, have been discussing means of addressing this “broken” Highway Trust Fund. This issue has been consistently thrown on the back burner for some time and due to this procrastination an issue that would have been an easy fix a few years ago has now ballooned into a much larger issue. Lately it seems like every time I turn on the news I have seen news reports of bridges collapsing and pot holes getting worse, it scary to think that I will one day have children driving on these roads if our Government can’t find a solution. As you can see this is an imminent issue that has vast implications our economy, safety and sanity (i.e., traffic) and it is for that reason that we as Americans need to speak up in regards to what should be done to address this issue. There have been multiple proposed solutions, however, due to the underlying issues with each of these solutions Congress has sat on their hands and there has yet to be a fix to address the ailing Highway Trust Fund, in this article I will briefly describe a few of the solutions that have been proposed and discuss what I believe to be a better approach to dealing with this ever-present issue.

He also adds, “It’s completely backwards and I feel like it really does not fairly and accurately or responsibly address the climate and the CO2 reduction, and I think that’s fundamentally wrong and I think if we start wrapping policy around that, then we are really building a broken model” (Moore.Tribune). Metro’s spokesperson Craige Beebe responded that, “In the long-run, congestion actually ends up being really bad anyway because that lane fills up with more cars,” “On its own, it wouldn’t get us to the goal that we need to get to” (Anderson.Portland).

Congestion, particularly in urban centers, has received much attention due to the resulting higher absolute travel times and lower travel time reliability, that lead to higher fuel consumption and significant environmental impacts. In response to the high congestion delays and costs, researchers and policymakers have studied the need and the implications of implementing congestion-based fees in a bid to alleviate congested network links and/or areas, and divert traffic as needed, temporally, spatially and modally, known as “triple divergence” (Downs, 1992). Proper evaluation of any congestion management strategy requires explicitly setting performance measures that can be used as indicators of how well the policy performs, and whether or not the initial goals are reached.