Comments on: Austin Traffic

By: Traci

Traci — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:27:47 +0000

I feel your pain with traffic issues. In Atlanta, the philosophy of traffic engineers seems to be “If traffic is flowing too smoothly, something needs to be changed.” I honestly think that at least 90% of our traffic issues in the city could be solved by appropriate red light timing and actually using sensors on lights. Nothing drives me crazier than sitting forever at a red light when no traffic is passing on the cross street! However, the timing of all the lights seems to change on a weekly or even daily basis. Traffic will flow very smoothly one day, then the next the lights are suddenly all out of sync and you have to stop at every single block. And with somewhere between 30-40 red lights on my usual route, that can really add up!

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:45:32 +0000

Welcome to Austin! You can’t really ride without lots of stopping IN Austin, but Pflugerville, Round Rock, Parmer north of 1431, and the Longhorn 70.3 course (the race is this weekend! woohoo!!!) are all nice rides with very little traffic.

By: Loving the Bike

Loving the Bike — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:17:48 +0000

We need to crank your bicycle advocacy into full gear so we can convert more of the drivers in to cyclists.

Darryl

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:33:08 +0000

Welcome to Austin Darryl! Fun isn’t it?