Posted on 09/07/2012 4:30:37 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Not always. I was a passenger (fortunately) once in Maryland and we got pulled over. The guy who was driving pointed out to the cop that other cars were passing us. The cop replied "I got you, that's all that matters."
You may try going via I-45 and US 59 to avoid I-35. If so just be sure to clear Houston by 3 pm or so to avoid the jams going outbound on 59.
It needs a few elements to make sense. It needs to travel a long distance between two major hubs, parallel to a high traffic route, and on reasonably flat ground not otherwise used.
Which pretty dramatically limits where it could be installed, and likely means that the corridor it uses would have multiple tracks for cargo, passengers, and vehicles.
On the plus side, track and train maintenance is just a fraction of what it is for regular trains and track.
As with any such system, even the Interstate Highway System, the more effort that goes into planning, often the better result.
45 is great for Houston, it works like a hose.
True that. Todays midrange (and most of yesterdays higher end) cars can handle it nicely.
59 from Houston on down to Victoria and then US 77 into the the Coprus Area isn’t bad now that they’ve completed the 59 expansions out sw of Houston. Have fun at the shoot.
Yup, Texas, also the only state where you need a permit to buy laboratory glassware, ie flasks and such.
Going from north of Dallas to Corpus Christi
The typical speed on a limited access highway posted at 65 is close to 80. Can we assume that at a posted 85, it will be close to 100?
I-35 crossing the Colorado northbound into downtown. Frost Bank, hotels, new condos. I count only (!) about 6 semis in the picture. Not the peak of rush hour from the look of it.
Taken recently, I presume.
Your stimulus money at work, feeding the union slugs.
I love the laurel highlands but its true
Oregon’s legal speed limit is 70 mph for highways, but the transportation department refuses to raise it that high. So effectively, it is 65.
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