Houston's worst commutes

Houston traffic can be a nightmare, whether it's day or night.

[@Zones33]

Newsflash: building more roads doesn’t make traffic go away

[@sureynix]

Do these people not know what public transit is??? You don't realize that adding more freeway makes things WORSE...

[@austinhernandez2716]

Nope. It takes 200 years for Amerlcans to realize anything.

[@tirkour2604]

@@austinhernandez2716 yep, they need to learn some common sense, i agree with you

[@sktrpozer9765]

@@tirkour2604 We do, at least the citizens, Houston was built around the basis of Cars are the future and with various Oil/Gas companies being based out of Houston they wanted to make the city use as much cars as possible. It sucks but thats how it will always be sadly. A simple drive of 5 minutes sometimes takes you over 30-40 minutes walking since there are way more roads than walkable areas here

[@slavaukrainitv2716]

americans need a civil war again

[@colfchan]

You should attempt to use the metro, I would rather drive Yugo in the dead summer heat

[@garryferrington811]

Greetings from LA, suckers. Hey, guess what? Those highway improvement projects? The relief is only temporary. Sorry, but that's the way it is.

[@AMacProOwner]

Amazing. Houston truly needs to stop building new roads for cars. When will people notice its not sustainable?

[@thebabbler8867]

High-speed rail: Am I a joke to you?..

[@JAG214]

Never lol but really never

[@camthesaxman3387]

Once they've added so many lanes that the entire city is covered in freeway. Pave the earth.

[@adventurefaps9571]

Never, because TxDOT will only allow car infrastructure to be built with its money. Why? The oil and auto industry lobby is extremely powerful and owns the Texas GOP. Maybe over 2 decades of complete GOP rule isn't great.

[@kenzarezyarifin1076]

Just one more lane bro, JUST ONE MORE LANE WILL FIX IT

[@richiesquest3283]

Many people in the UK have given up commuting by car, and now use the train ,unfortunately due to a lack of hindsight and investment the train is not an option in the US.

[@austinhernandez2716]

It's due to capitalism. Automobile companies bribe politicians. Lots of Americans are also so called "conservatives" and don't want to change.

[@S0nyToprano]

But at least we have better teeth than the Brits that

[@adam1885282]

You could make these freeways 20 lanes each way and it wouldn’t solve the problem

[@ahmedzakikhan7639]

Cons for not building transport

[@me-it9jn]

It definitely would

[@jamesquaine6264]

If only there was another option where people could travel together to reduce congestion and eliminate the need for these crazy wide motorways...oh wait

[@richiesquest3283]

@James quaine Here in the UK we call it the train.

[@xfinity1348]

@@user-qj9ye1uv8g here in Canada we call it “public transit”

[@trip.8827]

Isn't more simple just build a subway line ???

[@votekyle3000]

Houston is not very dense. You gotta connect sprawling suburbs miles and miles out.

[@link2442]

@@votekyle3000 Houston officials want to continue to expand instead of fixing the infrastructure it has already built inside the beltway loop

[@ahmedzakikhan7639]

@@votekyle3000 it's not dense because of crappy city planning.

[@lowmax4431]

It's miles and miles of endless strip malls. Takes at least 30 minutes to get anywhere. It's pretty hard to believe even when you're there witnessing it all in real time.

[@wturner777]

@@ahmedzakikhan7639 Exactly!

[@healthdios]

The new expansions and reconstructions WILL NOT IMPROVE commute permanently. I have lived/worked in three big metropolitan areas in a period of 27 years and I know for experience that the improvement only last for a few years. Modernized Highways and brand new developments only bring as a result more opportunities for jobs and businesses and as a result, the need for more and more traffic.

[@austinhernandez2716]

You're partially right. More lanes means more traffic. That's because when people see more lanes avaliable, they'll all go for it. There's simply not enough space in the city to allow everyone to drive. People shouldn't be forced to drive if they don't want to. Other modes of transportation should be available. Public transportation is much more efficient and used less space.

[@georgeemil3618]

Six years to complete. And three years to get them as congested as six years ago.

[@n310ea]

The biggest problem is that too many people working the same shift.

[@midwestcountry314stl2]

And this why i take the bus to my job close to home. I work graveyard shift

[@MoCityBeau]

The biggest problem is construction on all roads at one time

[@legendaryTMNICO]

n310ea People like bashing California for having traffic in LA and they don’t realize it’s a problem in other states.

[@austinhernandez2716]

No, the problem is the way the city is designed. There's simply not enough spaces for everyone to drive a car. It's VERY inefficient and causes a lot of pollution.

[@austinhernandez2716]

@@MoCityBeau because the federal government gave cities money to construct roads, and cities built lots of roads. They got money originally, but now they all need maintenance, and they didn't think of that. Now they're all having to be fixed, and the city is losing money. It's a ponzi scheme

[@j.campbell8491]

@0:41 looks like he pulled all of his hair out. 😂😂😂

[@Leonmiller407]

When you put separate interstates together that causes more of a problem. The layout of Houston highways is lunacy.

[@adventurefaps9571]

They shouldnt be going thru downtown and all spiralying together like that to begin with. Pure lunacy. To the people responsible for the current mess, may you rot forever.

[@ironfoxzone2252]

All i heard is projects that will make the situation even worse. The real solution, public transport, could not be heard here

[@austinhernandez2716]

There's many solutions. The problem is that the city is designed to force everyone to use a car. The highway should be completely demolished. It takes up a ton of space, is very expensive, and causes extreme congestion. The city should be more walkable. Have bike lanes too, and prioritize public transportation.

[@Korpiloukku]

@@austinhernandez2716 If there's a 25 mile radius from downtown that includes a lot of single family homes, it'll be a challenge. The whole urban fabric should be more cohesive.

[@austinhernandez2716]

@@Korpiloukku The single family zoning law also needs to be abolished.

[@JAG214]

@@austinhernandez2716 More mix use development needs to happen among other things you have said

[@jilesmelvin144]

Blame it on the homeowners associations. They promote the fear that public transportation will bring in more crime and undesirable elements(aka minorities) to their beloved 'suburb.' Thus, they come against EVERY project geared towards upward mobility, but it's the commuters who suffer: From Katy(Mason Road) to Downtown averaging about 50 minutes. It'll take you an hour to get Downtown from 288 and 518 in Pearland. Or from FM 2354 in Friendswood. Add about thirty minutes if you're coming from Galveston. From Garth Road in Baytown, the commute to Downtown is about 45 minutes. From 290 in Cypress, the commute to Downtown (using I-10) is also about an hour. Even using Hardy Toll Road, the commute from Spring to Downtown is averaging about 45 minutes. Add about 15 minutes if you're coming from Conroe or Willis. Add 30 minutes from Huntsville. From Splendora/New Caney/Porter, it'll take about a hour to reach Downtown. The solution? Dependable, more frequent bus service, with commuter routes all around the greater Houston area. Also, smaller routes for suburban cities outside of Houston (Clear Lake, Spring, Katy and the Woodlands/Conroe). More frequent bus service (especially late night and weekends) will curb the heavy traffic that Houston commuters currently suffer.

[@clydedsouza5843]

Houston's worst commutes - 25 miles takes 40mins Me - *Laughs in Mumbai*

[@thebabbler8867]

Well, first: you don't have much roads... 😂

[@clydedsouza5843]

@@thebabbler8867 Yes! But we do have much better public transportation!

[@austinhernandez2716]

@@thebabbler8867 and that's the point. More roads means more traffic. That's a fact.

[@Banom7a]

@@clydedsouza5843 but you have too much people

[@WalkedJungle777]

Why dont they plant some trees instead of building more concrete which will cause more floooding. 👎😐🙄🌿🌱🌲🎋

[@WhiteOut-]

Public transportation sir?

[@thebabbler8867]

High-speed rail: Am I a joke to you?..

[@julianofpaignton6202]

Subways, light rail, and trains are how people should move around in a city. Putting everybody in cars is not the answer. It really brings down your overall quality of life; stuck in traffic, breathing car exhaust, getting stressed out, road rage, paying for gas, car repairs, car insurance, registration, monthly car payments. It just Turns ones life to S**T. And this repeats itself in Seattle, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Houston, and cities across the United States.

[@kelvinw.1384]

Well to be honest the problem is is regardless of traffic it’s still gonna take long to get across Houston because the city is huge in terms of landmass. it’s urban sprawl to a bad accident

[@ir10031981]

there used to be a railroad on the north side of I-10 (Katy freeway) and just west of TX-6 you used to be able to legally drive 70 m.p.h. (daytime) in the late 90's/prior to May 2002.

[@AlGibani123]

lol by the time they finish building everything the population will be up by a few hundred thousand, especially with all the people moving here from comifornia

[@austinhernandez2716]

California is communist? Corporations heavily control California. You don't know what communism is 🙄

[@hsun7997]

Get rid of cars.

[@herschelwright4663]

I get that most people prefer to drive than to take public transportation but this car culture is spiraling out of control.

[@eviljesus6111]

I Hate tublic pransportation

[@adventurefaps9571]

@@eviljesus6111 only because it is trash, and its like that on purpose. The oil and auto lobby own our politicians and government. Why chose to take public transit when most of it is buses that are stuck in the same traffic as the cars AND take anywhere from 2x-4x longer to get to your destination, if they even get there. Only people that dont have the means the own and operate a car would do that because they are forced to. Demand better funded public transit and rail based transport and stop voting for people that dont support those things. These things are possible, just look around the world.

[@cadriver2570]

Additional lanes never helps. Houston has the largest highway in the western world and it’s still awful.

[@baloney_sandwich]

In 6 years, all the new improvements will instantly becomes useless

[@jeremywendelin]

They need to expand the rail system, big time

[@adventurefaps9571]

Have you seen the plans for expansion? Completely pathetic what they plan on doing.

[@AbelG8781]

Guy at the end looks like Trump....but this guy is actually intelligent and cool

[@me-it9jn]

just like trump

[@austinhernandez2716]

@@me-it9jn Trump is indeed intelligent. He's the most successful con artist in history.

[@dudestir127]

One more lane bro, I swear we can fix traffic if you let me build just one more lane bro.

[@ramonmendoza566]

Click 2 Houston, can you add the links added into the description of the video?

[@JAG214]

In Back to the Future 2 when they go into the Future Doc says "where we're going we don't need roads''

[@willubhave5]

who lived in Houston when it only had 6 mainlanes (3 lanes each way)...wasn't bad till the 70s

[@angelhowell7760]

I just rather NOT 😆 I’m complaining waiting at the red light that’s 5-7 minutes long with pile of traffic to make a left turn

[@lupecastanon6682]

Trasladarce al trabajo en la hora Pico es una pesadilla mucho trafico. Saludos Texas and Texans.

[@jieniu9128]

The guy at 0:47 looked like Trump.

[@KushLuv93]

People from Different states wanna live here

[@austinhernandez2716]

Your point?

[@wturner777]

Which means induced demand. More lanes means MORE TRAFFIC.

[@gonzalogutierrez4748]

2023 n still bumper to bumper smh

[@adventurefaps9571]

The year is 2050, I-45, I-10, and I-69 have all been extended to 30 lanes each direction. The average commute has now been reduced from 55 minutes to 50 minutes, great success! /s

[@wturner777]

No surprise there. They obviously haven't learned after building the Katy Freeway.

[@itsprincejay9810]

Maybe a bullet train?

[@--076]

610 gives me anxiety

[@PlayhouseRage]

CHINA TOWN Houston is the worse...and with all them trillions of crows flying you can't have a clean car passing thru there

[@pedrojazlynn658]

So they still need 5 more years to complete the highway lol

[@Brandon579JB]

I go to an idea that can decrease ,trains

[@got2bdirt]

Come to California and then tell me about trafic... Then talk to me about 46 min commute 🤣

[@hannahspencer9857]

Houston ranks above LA and SF in terms of traffic

[@wturner777]

Katy Freeway: Am I a joke to you?!

[@mjt2231]

This is misleading. Not everyone commutes to downtown.

[@leandrosolis4783]

Where 225

[@DinoCraftYT26]

Try Edsa in the philippines

[@jaydeeresflo1772]

Hahaahhaa oo ngs

[@poohmanning254]

hell not like it use to be

[@joaquinben4458]

Is creazyyy!!!

[@Jfofito]

Hey you guys need more roads.

[@JAG214]

Even in Back to the Future 2 when they go into the Future Doc says "where we're going we don't need roads''

[@mutetheo2622]

I love Houston

[@JAG214]

I do not and I live in Dallas which I love my city but my city is starting to become like your city which is not good for my city or any city for that matter

[@wturner777]

said No One.

[@tayyabzn]

Nah people just don’t know how to drive. They’re incompetent on them roads

[@adventurefaps9571]

Doesnt matter if everyone drives amazingly, having a 5000lb car for each person driving to work in a city of millions does not work. We need better mass transit that is better than driving. But it wont ever happen is a oil and car lobby infested place like Texas, it barely has a chance anywhere in the USA to begin with.

[@oneTOU3]

69

[@treeguyable]

By the time highway projects are done, it's too late.Time for bigger, and better. I say, we just keep making babies. Need billions more people everywhere. 😂

[@Dd-mt5ol]

I always ride them at night and go 165mph

[@Dd-mt5ol]

Between 11-4 am