Freight growth a reason to reduce tight turns
Officials are still piecing together Sunday’s fiery truck wreck at the Interstate 45 interchange with Loop 610 South, and it’s unclear if speed or another driver played a role. What can be said,...
View ArticleDemolition moves 290 HOV lanes to temp route starting Monday
Commuters along U.S. 290 and Loop 610 need to be prepared for some changes, staring Monday, especially if they use the HOV lanes. Interchange construction along U.S. 290 at Loop 610 is finally to the...
View ArticleTricks for a good lap time on the loop
IndyCar racer Ryan Hunter-Reay will have a decided advantage in beating traffic Tuesday, but even he will suffer the stop and go of congestion. Hunter-Reay, who will compete in the Indianapolis 500...
View ArticleBus lane along Loop 610 gets state nod
Texas transportation officials Thursday kicked in $25 million to build a dedicated bus lane along Loop 610, ensuring the second piece of a planned bus rapid transit corridor in the Uptown area. As part...
View ArticleMajor U.S. 290 closings coming this weekend around Loop 610
If your plans this weekend involve driving around the intersection of Loop 610 and U.S. 290, consider changing them. Crews hanging steel beams for the flyover connecting Loop 610 southbound to...
View ArticleLoop 610 southbound at U.S. 290 closed this weekend
The ongoing (seemingly-never-ending) widening work along U.S. 290 will shut down northwest area freeways in key spots this weekend. Southbound traffic along Loop 610 will detour along U.S. 290 and...
View ArticleLoop 610 closed at I-45 this weekend in both directions
NOTE: This post has been updated to include both westbound and eastbound closures planned this weekend. A heavy weekend of work along U.S. 290 isn’t the only source of possible delays. As part of a...
View ArticleConcrete pour will close downtown streets Sunday
A gigantic concrete pour for a new office tower, along with other construction-related closings, will tie up downtown traffic this weekend. The 1000 block of Texas, 1000 Block of Capitol and 600 Block...
View ArticleHouston’s congested roads spread far and wide
Researchers used a massive amount of data to come to the conclusion, as reported last week, that Loop 610 in Uptown is the state’s most congested road. There are a lot of ways to look at the numbers...
View ArticleLoop 610 showing its age
Today is Loop 610′s 39th birthday. More specifically, Sept. 22, 1975, is the day the final freeway-grade segment of the loop opened, east of U.S. 59. This milestone makes the Loop just a few months...
View ArticleUptown bus lanes proceeding, though some details unclear
Though most of the heartburn over dedicated bus lanes along Post Oak is concentrated on the northern segment, that’s hardly the only challenge officials have to overcome. Plans call for two bus lanes...
View ArticleLegal opinion delaying Uptown bus project progress pulled
An attorney general’s opinion that added tension to a plan for dedicated bus lanes along Post Oak has been withdrawn, clearing the way for a key state funding decision on Thursday. The opinion, sought...
View ArticleTruck crashes continue to snarl Houston freeways
A day like Wednesday, when two heavy truck accidents worsened Houston’s already clogged freeway system, is the latest example of how a single wreck can have a disastrous domino effect. Over the course...
View ArticleU.S. 290 will have single HOV lane
The dissolution of the deal between Harris County and the Texas Department of Transportation for widening U.S. 290 will leave a single managed lane on the new freeway, once it is completed in late...
View ArticleWest Loop isn’t the worst freeway in Texas
Good news, Loop 610 drivers: Your route is only the second-worst in the state. Hats off to Austin! According to the 100 most congested roads list compiled by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute,...
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