[ifinnegan]

California is gridlocked too many places.

Texas is smart.

Texas needs a liberal ban to make sure it stays Texas.

[wbarmy]

Have you ever wondered why SH 360 doesn’t directly connect with I-30?

Because I-30 used to be a tollroad and the only way to go from Dallas to Ft Worth. There were NO exits off it back in the 60's and 70's. But it was the only way to get to the Stockyards in the day.

[Redbob]

What I’d like to know is, Who is the moron who thought it would be an excellent idea to have major construction projects on both I-35E and I-35W at the same time?

Where do you go to find that special degree of stupidity?

[PAR35]

Several of the projects are to fix old, poor designs (for example, the Horseshoe).

On the other hand, they are having to re-do the new, poor design of the US-75 - George Bush interchange.

And at some point, they’ll need to re-do the fairly new entrances and exits on 75 between Northwest Highway and Woodall Rogers. A complete lack of common sense was the TxDOT’s contribution to that design.

Texas would be well served if they shut down every college program on traffic engineering, fired everyone at TxDOT with a college degree, and hired a whole new engineering staff from out of state. There might be a few competent folks at TxDOT engineering, but it isn’t worth any more effort to find them than it would to put on a successful unicorn hunt.