Lane-brain idea for MoPac
I really don't understand why the Texas Department of Transportation is using Austin as its testing ground for toll roads. The latest scheme is to add a toll lane to the existing right-of-way, adding two more lanes. This may help TxDOT raise money, but it won't help alleviate traffic congestion.
Regretfully, adding a managed toll lane will probably make conditions more dangerous by decreasing lane size and increasing lane changes. (How else will vehicles go from the far left managed lane to exit far right?)
I've been driving MoPac for years, and unless TxDOT has a plan to add lanes over Town Lake so cars don't cram from three to two lanes or fix the U.S. 183-MoPac Boulevard (Loop 1) intersection, what is the point?
THOMAS GREER
Austin
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