No, Seriously, Says A&M Transpo Report, Dallas-Area Traffic's Not as Bad As It Used to Be

• You can rent an apartment in the Lakewwos area for as little as $500-$600 and the home prices go from less than $100K to several million. And there are some excellent schools. No need to waste your life driving for a tract McMansion on the prairie.

• Interesting comparison between 1986 and 2010 Population: 2,900k vs. 5,158k; 178% increase % congestion: 26% vs 68%; 261% increase total delay: 26,518 vs 163,585; 617% increase Fraction of Population as Commuters: 43.5% vs 55.9%; 128% increase Note that the total delay and % congestion have risen faster than the population increase. My conclusion: Road building causes additional congestion. ... 8-D

• I think he meant Greater Lakewood. Plus, you gotta figure the gas savings.

• Now think about that for 30 seconds.  How much does it cost to own a home in Lakewood? 

• Rick Perry's Aggies doing a traffic study? There has to be a joke in there somewhere. They must be measuring the number of commuters on horseback.

• In Lakewood you don't need freeways or tollways unless you are going out of town. Maybe for a job but it's usually a reverse commute. It's astounding to me that masses of people suffer in this self-inflicted torment each day.

• I commute from Uptown to Las Colinas, its about 15-20 minutes to Las Colinas and 25-30 back. Unless it is a really, really bad day on 35 headed home and then it's 1:00-1:30. The hour in stop and go traffic makes me want to start playing bumper cars to get home, I don't understand how some of you guys handle the commutes like that every day.

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