That’s like going on a diet planning to not eat food until you reach your target weight.

And when the problem is resolved, then what? Everyone starts driving their cars again?

Zero planning whatsoever.

Those alternatives are anti conservative. At least the definition those stupid fascist ascribe to.

one more lane bro i swear just one more lane bro its gonna solve traffic just one more lane and its all good bro just one more lane please bro one more lane we got it this time bro just one more lane bro

God damnit I hate it. There is so much research and so many model case studies of cities with public transportation they could draw influence from. The current double decker I-35 design is one of the worst I've ever experienced, but it's because it was designed in the 60s so I can't fault the engineers much. If there were 30% less traffic a lot of the issues would be fixed with infra upgrades imo

The city passed Project Connect, a light rail and public transportation project. It's estimated to be $7.1 billion but was scaled down because of "increased building costs" and this I-35 expansion project is $7.7 billion. If you look at the map for Project Connect, it's a little underserved especially in the higher density parts of the city. At least they didn't run one in westlake lol

Imagine what they could have done with this with $15 billion

It almost makes me wish I lived there 15 years from now, but luckily the fascists will take over by then and funnel all the public money to the oligarchs so we don't have to worry about it :)

Even in cities like Austin, sidewalks are missing. That's a wheelchair accessibility issue.

sidewalks have always been a privilege for the elite and wealthy, NOT A RIGHT, use a death machine like a normal person and quit whining.

A buddy of mine in NYC was offered a $14k bonus to move to Texas, closer to his employer. He declined for a bunch of obvious reasons, but one was that he and his girlfriend would each need a car to get around. That would quickly eat into that bonus, if not use it up entirely.

I read this in the form of the Anakin-Padmé meme.

Trucks? I think the answer is more trucks on the road. Fewer cars so theres more gas for trucks, right?

They're recommending a proprietary tunnel that only fits teslas.

Just one more lane, that will fix it this time for real.

In Austin we fought tooth and nail to not have the highway expanded in downtown but the state is doing it anyway. Gonna lose some historic buildings and displace residents and solve nothing.

There's even a particular style of massive highway interchanges nicknamed 'Texas style stack interchanges.'

Basically their outer roads(frontage roads) are just smaller highways, and those all get their own interchange right on top of the main highway interchange, resulting in a giant pasta bowl of overpasses.

Their highway infrastructure is absurd

It's not even close to the widest in the world.

I mean, we already ride our horses to work /s

Yes, I have actually been asked if we ride horses to work/school when people find out where I’m from. My typical response is “only on Tuesdays and Thursdays” with a very dry tone, and the looks on their faces never disappoints.

Now that they realized global warming is a direct threat to their lives they won’t just pretend it doesn’t exist. But no worry, they’ll find a way to make it like it doesn’t have any link with global warming.

Fuck those hypocrites.