
Texas Department of Transportation officials simply recognize they are running out of room, cannot rely on toll lanes to curb congestion and need support from across the region to accelerate projects they are planning. Now, state transportation officials are starting to re-write that, planning major projects focused on managed lanes along key freeways that encourage transit and carpool use, while potentially providing places to test new types of transportation.įor some commuters, it is long past time transit and carpool options were provided, while others long for even more open road for solo cars. More people has meant more concrete, farther into the suburbs and wider in the dense core. The story of Houston’s growth and its roads has always been about bigger. Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less Officials plan to build managed lanes along the freeway, to accommodate faster transit and carpool trips. Interstate 10 runs along White Oak Bayou near Stude Park, seen on Sept. Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 17 of17 Traffic moves along Interstate 69 as it flows toward downtown, on Sept. De Jesús, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 16 of17 Traffic moves along Interstate 10 near Patterson Street with the Houston skyline on the background on Sept. De Jesús, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 15 of17 Traffic moves along Interstate 10 near Patterson Street on Sept.

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Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 12 of17 Bus rapid transit like the new Silver Line would be added between the transit center and downtown, along transit lanes along Interstate 10. 23, 2020, at Northwest Transit Center in Houston. Silver Line buses waiting to take riders southbound on Aug. De Jesús, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 11 of17 Traffic moves along Interstate 10 near Taylor Street with the Houston skyline on the background on Sept. De Jesús, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 10 of17 De Jesús, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 9 of17Ī truck moves along Interstate 10 near Shepherd Drive on Sept. Officials plan to build managed lanes along the freeway, to accommodate faster transit and carpool trips, connecting with the ramps already in the center of I-10. Traffic moves along Interstate 10 near Taylor Street on Sept. De Jesús, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 8 of17 De Jesús, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 7 of17

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