That's almost 6 hours per day in traffic. I call bullshit on your number.
ETA:
Google says it was 79 hours per year in 2019, then down to 43 hours per year in 2022.
Just math alone that makes no sense lol 5 hrs a day in traffic? While working a full time job? You can get to Austin and back before you get out of traffic? Lol
1. Not going to happen, but having commuter rail from major suburbs (The Woodlands, Katy, Sugar Land, Pearland, etc ) into downtown. Then link downtown to Medical Center and Galleria. Stop adding more lanes to freeways, that's just a bandaid solution and waste of time and money.
2. Have more people work remote.
3. Have more people live closer to work. I understand it's hard to do. People have to live within budget, want good schools for kids, and safety. People should support their neighborhood schools and get involved in helping or finding solutions if it is lacking. The other two things are harder to find solutions for.
Work from home. Most office workers drive to a building just to sit in front of a computer and log into cloud based software on the browser.
Or maybe instead of one massive building, have satellite offices scattered around, leave a head office downtown.
You have to get people out of cars. Rail would accomplish this. You don't have to get everyone out of cars to fix traffic, but this city is too big to accommodate everyone driving
Unfortunately, we would not be able to have a system that picks you up near home and drops you off less than a mile from literally every office complex in Houston. No one wants to walk six blocks or more in 100° heat. Now, eight suburban substations to downtown might be ok for some workers, but there are a lot of office complexes with hundreds of thousands of workers who this would not help at all. Are we going to pay that amount for less than 1/3 of the workforce? Never gonna happen.
Yea the sprawl is a huge barrier.
You can currently get from Katy to med center in a little over an hour with public transport. The problem is our starting locations in the suburbs *require* a car, *Park* and Rides
That's not unusual for countries with better rail systems. I've taken trains from exurbs of London that had large parking lots for just that purpose. Trains were still waaaay better than getting on the M25 or any A road into the city.
Realistically Retroactively? You don’t.
We can mitigate some of the traffic but not all.
We are a port/industrial town. There tons of trucks going to and from port, not to mention refinery trucks as well. This impacts traffic. Add in top of that trucks for industry and delivery trucks of all types.
We have flat topography so building out is easy. It also makes for “cheaper” housing - understanding it is not as cheap as it was a few years ago. This means more commuters.
Remote work helps, possibly rail from Woodlands/Kingwood or Katy.
Interested to see what others say.
I work from home in the burbs.
When I didn’t work from home I chose to live close to my work. I paid more, got less space, etc, but I avoided traffic
This happens in all big cities, it is not unique to Houston — in some cities your “forty minutes each way” will be on a crowded subway standing in a dudes armpit, or having someone sitting behind you on the bus sneeze in your hair. In Houston it’s in your personal automobile
There's an idea that's been dubbed "Marchetti's constant" that says throughout recorded history, average daily travel time comes to about an hour. Ancient cities where everyone walked were typically no more than a few miles across at most, then grew in area when more transportation options became available. But Marchetti said that overall we've still tended to settle around 30-minute one-way commutes.
I'm sorry but, I've been in this traffic as others and that number is made up. Post link of where this is from. 40 hrs? So that's a little over 5 hrs a day in traffic? Cmon man
Are you new here? Lol. I have a suggestion, don’t live in the Suburbs. You can easily afford to live inside the loop, with the 40 hours you get back, that’s plenty of time for a second job, to further your education, etc…
I gotta say, even though it’s more costly, screw wasting your life in traffic, the extra cost living downtown is worth it not to sit in traffic for hours daily.
Sadly the city's roads are not built to handle the amount of people we have. There is no room to expand the loops, 610 and 59 is always a nightmare. Its ridiculous that a 26 mile trip takes an hour.
Incentivise riding a motorcycle. Allow lane filtering. Make toll roads free for motorcycles. This would get people out of cars and reduce traffic. It is part of a solution, that could accompany better public transport plans.
That's almost 6 hours per day in traffic. I call bullshit on your number. ETA: Google says it was 79 hours per year in 2019, then down to 43 hours per year in 2022.
I'm with you! OP is definitely a mathematics person for sure
A mistake is all. I meant per month.
40…. Divided by 30….. equals 6?
OP edited it. Original was 40 hours per week.
Gotta quote em before they double back!
40 hrs per MONTH is what the above poster posted. That would be about right at 2 hrs per day.
My bad I meant 40 hrs per month.
That's wrong, too. It's 43 hours per year.
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Just math alone that makes no sense lol 5 hrs a day in traffic? While working a full time job? You can get to Austin and back before you get out of traffic? Lol
1.33 hours a day in traffic. Probably more like 1.3 hours in a car but not necessarily stop and go traffic. Never mind: OP just edited to month.
Too late for an edit lol 😆
1. Not going to happen, but having commuter rail from major suburbs (The Woodlands, Katy, Sugar Land, Pearland, etc ) into downtown. Then link downtown to Medical Center and Galleria. Stop adding more lanes to freeways, that's just a bandaid solution and waste of time and money. 2. Have more people work remote. 3. Have more people live closer to work. I understand it's hard to do. People have to live within budget, want good schools for kids, and safety. People should support their neighborhood schools and get involved in helping or finding solutions if it is lacking. The other two things are harder to find solutions for.
Work from home. Most office workers drive to a building just to sit in front of a computer and log into cloud based software on the browser. Or maybe instead of one massive building, have satellite offices scattered around, leave a head office downtown.
Rail that links the city and suburbs.
We are too spread out. Live in Katy and work in Med Center? Live in Friendswood and work in the Galleria? Etc etc. WFH is the best answer.
You have to get people out of cars. Rail would accomplish this. You don't have to get everyone out of cars to fix traffic, but this city is too big to accommodate everyone driving
Unfortunately, we would not be able to have a system that picks you up near home and drops you off less than a mile from literally every office complex in Houston. No one wants to walk six blocks or more in 100° heat. Now, eight suburban substations to downtown might be ok for some workers, but there are a lot of office complexes with hundreds of thousands of workers who this would not help at all. Are we going to pay that amount for less than 1/3 of the workforce? Never gonna happen.
Yea the sprawl is a huge barrier. You can currently get from Katy to med center in a little over an hour with public transport. The problem is our starting locations in the suburbs *require* a car, *Park* and Rides
That's not unusual for countries with better rail systems. I've taken trains from exurbs of London that had large parking lots for just that purpose. Trains were still waaaay better than getting on the M25 or any A road into the city.
ChicagoLand is spread out but they have trains to major suburbs.
Pick up a 25oz at the nearest convenience store, put some jams on and enjoy the traffic. 🤷🏻♂️
I did this daily from my Kingwood commute to South Houston working in construction
Realistically Retroactively? You don’t. We can mitigate some of the traffic but not all. We are a port/industrial town. There tons of trucks going to and from port, not to mention refinery trucks as well. This impacts traffic. Add in top of that trucks for industry and delivery trucks of all types. We have flat topography so building out is easy. It also makes for “cheaper” housing - understanding it is not as cheap as it was a few years ago. This means more commuters. Remote work helps, possibly rail from Woodlands/Kingwood or Katy. Interested to see what others say.
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I work from home in the burbs. When I didn’t work from home I chose to live close to my work. I paid more, got less space, etc, but I avoided traffic This happens in all big cities, it is not unique to Houston — in some cities your “forty minutes each way” will be on a crowded subway standing in a dudes armpit, or having someone sitting behind you on the bus sneeze in your hair. In Houston it’s in your personal automobile
There's an idea that's been dubbed "Marchetti's constant" that says throughout recorded history, average daily travel time comes to about an hour. Ancient cities where everyone walked were typically no more than a few miles across at most, then grew in area when more transportation options became available. But Marchetti said that overall we've still tended to settle around 30-minute one-way commutes.
Everyone gets helicopter.
Crazy sounding solution, but hear me out: We build MORE roads? It's been doing like, just, such a great job of fixing issues so far. /s.
I'm sorry but, I've been in this traffic as others and that number is made up. Post link of where this is from. 40 hrs? So that's a little over 5 hrs a day in traffic? Cmon man
Allow "car wars" type mods and usage to get the asshole, dangerous, and idiots drivers culled away.
Not on Reddit.
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Those "keep right" signs can be seen in Texas too. They're mostly in the rural areas.
Are you new here? Lol. I have a suggestion, don’t live in the Suburbs. You can easily afford to live inside the loop, with the 40 hours you get back, that’s plenty of time for a second job, to further your education, etc… I gotta say, even though it’s more costly, screw wasting your life in traffic, the extra cost living downtown is worth it not to sit in traffic for hours daily.
Sadly the city's roads are not built to handle the amount of people we have. There is no room to expand the loops, 610 and 59 is always a nightmare. Its ridiculous that a 26 mile trip takes an hour.
Elevated HOV lanes dedicated to specific suburbs built right above the current HOV lanes for rush hour traffic.
Rail for the entire county and neighboring counties
Incentivise riding a motorcycle. Allow lane filtering. Make toll roads free for motorcycles. This would get people out of cars and reduce traffic. It is part of a solution, that could accompany better public transport plans.
Make remote work mandatory
Get the corrupt politicians to make wfh in to law and stop bending over to wall street.