Texas Releases List of State's Most Congested Roads
A 3.7-mile stretch of Interstate 35W in Fort Worth topped a list of the 100 most congested roadways in Texas.
This is the fourth year the Texas Department of Transportation has released the list, but it’s the first time a strip of highway just north of downtown Fort Worth claimed the top spot. Last year, a portion of Woodall Rodgers Freeway in Dallas claimed the dubious honor. The year before it was a segment of I-45 in Houston.
Amanda Wilson, with the transportation division of the North Central Texas Council of Governments, said ongoing construction on and near ...
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Independent Investment Bankers via Texas Tribune on Facebook
More people need to ride their bicycles. Only 1% of travel miles are done bikes whereas in Europe it is about 10% and there is really no reason why people that live less than 5 miles from work can't ride their bikes.
Josh Lambert via Texas Tribune on Facebook
There's one really big reason that bicycles won't catch on and it is the summer heat in NTX.
john chapman
To the comment about bicycle use--have you ever been to DFW? The commuters on that stretch of 35 are often times commuting from 20, 30 even 40 miles away. A majority of the population in the metroplex live outside of the two major cities, so bicycles are not a realistic solution when almost nothing is 5 miles away or under.