Rich on the Road

This should come as no surprise to anyone;  DFW is a traffic mess.  5th worst in the country, according to INRIX National Traffic Scorecard.

What did surprise me about the report that is most of the top 10 worst bottlenecks are in Tarrant, not Dallas, County.  Northeast Tarrant County has some real doozies. 

Here's a map that shows (in red) where the worst of the worst traffic jams are

You can read more on where and what is going on at:

http://scorecard.inrix.com/scorecard/Scorecard/INRI
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Rich

 

 

Stemmons Freeway

Slogging through traffic on the way home to Denton County tonight I was happy to see that the new electronic roadside billboards had a message alerting drivers that in non-injury accidents they need to pull their vehicles off the highway. Please! It is the law. And, it will make a huge difference in traffic flow. Nowhere in the country (and I've traveled and lived in a lot of it) have I seen so many fender benders cause so many horrible traffic jams. It doesn't need to be. Pull off on a side street to exchange your insurance information. Or at least pull off on the shoulder. Don't jam up the works for hours by doing business in the middle of the freeway. Pass the word. Pull it off.
Richard Ray