Houston Traffic

[Hammer]

i'm so glad i don't live in houston anymore

Link

 

[FoBoT]

there seems to be a lot of people travelling I-45 North at Louetta

 

[radioouman]

Looks normal for rush hour.

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: radioouman
Looks normal for rush hour.

yeah, but during rush hour it doesn't go like that for 100 miles

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: radioouman
Looks normal for rush hour.

except for the south-bound side of the freeway

 

[eakers]

when is the storm supposed to hit?

 

[habib89]

looks like 2am in los angeles

 

[Titan]

That's ridiculous. When a state of emergency is declared, shouldn't the north and south bound parts of the interstate become one-way? Would make a lot of sense and maybe motivate more people to evac.

 

[geecee]

Originally posted by: eakers
when is the storm supposed to hit?

Late Friday/Early Saturday.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: eakers
when is the storm supposed to hit?

saturday

 

[robphelan]

Originally posted by: tkotitan2
That's ridiculous. When a state of emergency is declared, shouldn't the north and south bound parts of the interstate become one-way? Would make a lot of sense and maybe motivate more people to evac.

yes.. the southbound lane of 45, i blieve, has become northbound only

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: tkotitan2
That's ridiculous. When a state of emergency is declared, shouldn't the north and south bound parts of the interstate become one-way? Would make a lot of sense and maybe motivate more people to evac.

They sohould leave one lane for opposite traffic, but when and how do you converge them at the end?

 

[conjur]

Why no contra-flow?

 

[Rogue]

Originally posted by: tkotitan2
That's ridiculous. When a state of emergency is declared, shouldn't the north and south bound parts of the interstate become one-way? Would make a lot of sense and maybe motivate more people to evac.

I agree. Never made sense to me either. Oh well, another lesson learned that hopefullly the people voted into office will take into consideration.

 

[Viper GTS]

It would seem to me in situations like this it would be worthwhile to block off half of the opposing side & use it to get a 50% increase in available lanes. You could even force inbound traffic down to one lane, things would move a bit faster then.

[EDIT]Doh looks like I've been beaten to the punch.[/EDIT]

Viper GTS

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: conjur
Why no contra-flow?

there's a hurricane headed for it?

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
They sohould leave one lane for opposite traffic, but when and how do you converge them at the end?

They do it here in PA all the time (for road construction).

They divert all the traffic onto one side for a few miles, repair the unused stretch, then switch out.

I guess that's why I don't get why they're not doing it. If they can do it for road repair suirely they can do it for an evacuation.

Viper GTS

 

[tami]

...so much traffic, even the page doesn't load.

 

[Hammer]

i have family headed away from the coast to austin. initially, it was supposed to track towards austin, but the new updated track of rita shows it heading north so it looks like we'll miss it. galveston will be hit dead on though.

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: tkotitan2
That's ridiculous. When a state of emergency is declared, shouldn't the north and south bound parts of the interstate become one-way? Would make a lot of sense and maybe motivate more people to evac.

from statesman.com:

To speed the evacuation out of the nation's fourth-largest city, Gov. Rick Perry ordered a halt to all southbound traffic into Houston along Interstate 45 and took the unprecedented stop of directing the opening all eight lanes to northbound traffic out of the city for 125 miles. I-45 is the primary evacuation route north from Houston and Galveston.

 

[rh71]

I see northbound traffic in the southbound side right now on camera.

pic

suckers

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: rh71
I see northbound traffic in the southbound side right now on camera.

http://www.houstontranstar.org/snapshots/240.jpg

finally!

 

[AdamSnow]

Why don't they open both highways as an "EXIT" from the city?

I mean - How many people are actually going to be going in?

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Why don't they open both highways as an "EXIT" from the city?

I mean - How many people are actually going to be going in?

Looks like they did that, finally.

10 minutes ago there was inbound traffic, now there's not.

Viper GTS

 

[TTM77]

Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Why don't they open both highways as an "EXIT" from the city?

I mean - How many people are actually going to be going in?

This is an example of "Thinking out of the box".