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- Betina Foreman, "BetinaForeman"
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You are correct, the traffic is very bad in Austin and getting worse every day. Our roads simply have not kept up with the huge influx of out of state people moving here for the last 10 years. TXDOT is working on it, but at a snails pace. Just be patient eventually they will catch up to to explosive growth we are currently experiencing. I just sold a home to an engineer that was relocating to fix the HWY 290/71 disaster. Give him a chance to work some magic on the roads.
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- blue_x21
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Betina, before assuming that more and larger roads will enhance the quaility of life by traffic problems, keep in mind that most of the growth is in outlying areas.
I live in an established neighborhood that in comparison is rather close to central Austin. We're not going to see any more growth...in fact, road construction has negatively impacted my neighborhood. Those new roads facilitate traffic THROUGH my neighborhood and make my area more unpleasant to live in. It's better in my humble opinion to build roads in areas that are growing.
- WAThames
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We should not encourage urban sprawl. I am very happy about all the downtown living space being built. I've lived in Austin since 1991 and all said, I think the city, county and state are doing a reasonable job in managing traffic and investing staggering amounts of money in highway construction: the expansion of 183 to beyond Cedar ParK, 45, I-130....I mean come on! The population needs to back (by voting to fund) and use light rail and other means of public transportation.
- Don Groff, "Austin Texas Realtor"
- Contributions:353
Traffic continues to get worse in certain areas of Austin. The tollways do help with the congestion somewhat. Still more work needs to be done.
- D'Ann Faught, "texasREgirl"
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The worst parts of traffic in my opinion are near downtown and this is something that is not really alleviated by the new toll roads. The problem is that with urban sprawl, more and more people have relocated to the Austin areas and the toll roads are actually feeding more traffic into the already congested downtown areas of I35 and Mopac. I am hoping with the opening of the light rail we will start to see more use of mass transit. Also the growth of residential housing downtown is helping keep more cars off the road in this area. The climate in Austin is so nice most of the year, walking or biking to work is a legitimate option for many of these downtown residents.
Traffic has gotten worse since I moved from the area in 2006..However, after living in Washington DC for the last four years, I can say first hand that it is really NOT that bad compared to other major metropolitan areas, such as DC and LA.
Traffic has gotten worse since I moved from the area in 2006..However, after living in Washington DC for the last four years, I can say first hand that it is really NOT that bad compared to other major metropolitan areas, such as DC and LA.
- Robert Guice, "ARC6676.com"
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I don't think any city's road development ever catches up to growth enough to resolve rush hour traffic issues.
Everyone complains but few are willing to make fundimental life changes for the greater good. Downsize and move closer in to town (if you think its expensive now, wait til later), ride a bike/scooter if solo, drive a smaller car, go in to work earlier or later than rush hour, carpool, take the bus/train, ask your boss to work from home, etc...
It's just so hard to tell someone in Texas to downsize :)
Everyone complains but few are willing to make fundimental life changes for the greater good. Downsize and move closer in to town (if you think its expensive now, wait til later), ride a bike/scooter if solo, drive a smaller car, go in to work earlier or later than rush hour, carpool, take the bus/train, ask your boss to work from home, etc...
It's just so hard to tell someone in Texas to downsize :)
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