Baton Rouge Road

that road for a reason. If you are speeding you are going to potentially hurt other people and

Being the fourth largest metropolitan city in the United States and the largest city of Texas, Houston is subject to a mighty amount of traffic that affects its roadways. As one would suspect, these roadways are constantly deteriorating due to this severe usage, but this problem isn’t being addressed proportionately. The Houstonians need improvements made towards roadways now to decrease traffic, provide an environment that is more safe, and reduce the above average financial costs to operate their vehicles in Houston compared to other cities in the United States.

Halfway to your destination, the road gets rough and bumpy. You’re driving on an unpaved path with different things scraping against your vehicle. It’s an uncomfortable ride, with a lot of jolting and bumping around in your seat.

INTERNAL SUMMARY: So we now have an understanding as to why the deterioration of our roadways is such an issue. It is a threat to our safety and our economy. So the question naturally follows, “why is this happening?” and I will address this question next.

The two main areas necessary to bring Georgia Roads up to standards would be increasing capacity of vehicles on roads and creating new roads to lessen traffic. There are currently 741 projects planned to increase capacity on georgia roads and 270 projects planned to decrease amounts of traffic. The Georgia DOT states “More than $14 billion of approved funding for new roadway infrastructure on trucking thoroughfares.” showing the vast amount being put into these plans. There are also numerous projects planned to increase speed of trucks specifically. These include expanding roads at current areas considered bottlenecks, most located outside of cities. There are also plans to create new bypass routes going around cities so trucks can bypass civilian traffic.

One can get extremely frustrated driving from Fayetteville to Rogers these days. There is construction everywhere, causing delays, lane closures, and much havoc on our commutes to and from home, school, and work. If you take out the frustration, one can see the positives to the improvements. The road worker who has been out of work for months is now able to provide for his family, the drivers are getting an improvement to the neglected roads traveled daily, the state is making an investment in their infrastructure that will last for many years to come, and our economy is showing a sign of improvement! Investing time and money into our infrastructure benefits all of us and is a sign to our economic growth.

an examination of existing and historic data shows traffic volumes within the four town grew at an average annual rate of 1.05% between 1991 and 2001. The Route 6 crash rate for the whole of Cape Cod was 0.79 crashes per million vehicle miles traveled on average from 1991-1998 while Route 6 in Eastham had one of the highest crash rates on Cape Cod at 2.17 crashes per million miles of vehicle travel. Heavy and growing traffic volumes coupled with the existing high crash rates for the corridor make the search for and implementation of solutions a high priority, especially in Eastham.

Exit up ahead. Ah sweet ole Route 66. As many people think that the Interstate is an easy quick way to get from where they was to where they need to be at; others may think it is terrible and drains their time so they take other highways. If you are like some out of many you want something calm and collective; not busy and chaotic. Many people think that they should go 80 to 90 miles per hour when they should only be going 70 miles per hour or lower which to me seems like it would reduce many of the outraging wrecks we have today. There has been an astounding 50,765 wrecks and counting that has happened on the interstate many may have lost their lives, many may have been in critical condition, and few have survived in all.

Although driving to and from places is a normal part of many people’s daily routine, it is often forgotten that driving is a dangerous task that demands all attention of a driver for the safety of the occupants of a vehicle. For our safety, cities must provide the best roads and intersections to keep driving a safeguarded activity. As a resident of Tomball and a driver on the roads, I have noticed that the feeder road at the intersection of S.H. 249 and F.M. 2920 located next to Lowe’s and Chase Bank has caused big issues for drivers. Ever since S.H. 249 became a toll road, many Tomball residents have avoided paying high fees for driving short distances by taking this service road. This has caused much more traffic, especially, during rush hour around this area. Many businesses such as Ross, Target, Academy, and Chick Fil A are located here, and are contributing factors to the congestion. I myself have had a few close calls at this intersection. However, the issue did not become apparent to me until my best friend was in an accident at this intersection. Fortunately, she walked away from the accident unharmed, but her brand new car was totalled. Losing anyone at this intersection would be devastating for myself and my community.

It is important for people to understand this, and to ensure there is plenty of clear road in front of them before attempting to pass a semitrailer. Furthermore, it is recommended that drivers allow themselves enough room to return to their lanes in case there is an oncoming hazard.

Every day when I drive on south Mill road, I am constantly identifying new potholes to avoid. Portions of the White Horse Pike that run through Absecon are not much better. These are some of the most used roads in Absecon and yet they don’t get the maintenance they deserve. Meanwhile, streets like Ohio avenue and Pitney Road have been paved more times in the last 5 years then South Mill Road has been paved in nearly 20 years.

However, statistics that more fatalities occur on rural roads than urban highways. One of the reasons is roadway designs. For instance, there are curvier roads than urban streets. Second, more narrow lanes in the rural communities than city neighborhoods. Third for some unseen reason, many rural travelers do not wear seatbelts. Last of all, more wild animals cross the country road more often than regions outside of the rural area.

Regardless of being cautious and prepared, people never know when misfortunes will occur, especially on the road. Unexpected incidents come without warning, and people can end up in a very uncomfortable situation if they’re completely unprepared for it.

Highway 12/18 is a major highway that passes through the town. Nonetheless, there are several other streets and side roads in the community. Majority of these streets, and roads, besides, highway 12/18 passing through town, are worked on constantly to keep them decent for driving. However, the side roads and street often needs repair, principally, those that are in the older neighborhoods, nonetheless, those that in the newer neighborhoods are in better condition. Just like the roads, and streets, is the same with the streetlights. There are also handicap accessible sidewalks, parking spaces in both public and business locations. Additionally, there are several bridges around the community that connects streets and over path. Be it for walking or crossing. The sidewalks, bike lanes, walk paths and bike paths are for the most part in decent condition.

When driving, sometimes it is difficult to focus on the road which makes it easy to forget that the roads are shared by everyone and not for your exclusive use.