Dallas and Traffic

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Dallas And Traffic
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Last month I had to meet a friend on the east
side of Dallas around 3pm.
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Since I am coming from the west side of Fort
Worth, it would be about a 45 minute drive.
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The 45 minute drive will be much longer because
of the time.
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Here in the DFW area traffic starts around 2pm
and continues on until about 630pm.
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I set out to meet my friend around 145pm.
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I figured an hour and 15 minutes would be enough
time to make it to Dallas even with the traffic.
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By the time I made it to the highway the traffic
has already started.
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There also happened to be a car accident along
the interstate which extended the traffic even
further.
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Driving less than 10 miles per hour for just
about half of the trip caused me to be about 30
minutes late.
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My friend was not too happy about me being late,
but he understood that traffic here in the DFW
area is really bad.
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Dallas Traffic Among the Worst
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According to the INRIX Traffic Scorecard Dallas
ranks number 22 for the worst traffic congestion
in the United States.
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Living in the DFW area you might understand why
Dallas made it to the top 25 cities in the nation.
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The worst congestion in Dallas is I-35E between
Mockingbird Lane and I-30.
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That specific area was ranked 47th worst in the
country for traffic getting backed up.
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Traffic Gets Worse Every Year
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Each year, traffic seems to get worse and worse.
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I think it is because there are more and more
people on the road every year.
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Teens that get their first car and people moving
to the area are adding to the daily commuting
group.
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Eventually there will be so many people out on
the road that traffic will be too overwhelming.
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How To Fix The Traffic Problem
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A good way to tackle the growing traffic problem
would be to expand the highways and roads and
also build more toll roads.
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Some people think toll roads are bad, but
personally I like them.
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The toll roads are usually clear and only have a
few people on them, mainly because people do not
want to pay anything.
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I do not mind paying a little bit of money to
drive on a road that only has a few people on if
it gets me around sitting in traffic.