Texas Department of Transportation

More Concrete Coming On SH 288: 26-Mile Toll Road To Pearland

Hey Pearland!!! You are about to either a) enter a bright new day of easy commuting to downtown Houston, or b) add to our area's smog problem via the addition of more concrete laid down for the rich to use while the less well-off suffer. It's a matter of perspective, we guess. State Highway 288 ha ... More >>

30 Essential Texas Restaurants

Eat here before you die.

Aggie-LSU Game, Freeway Closures Will Mean Traffic Heck On West Side This Weekend

It won't be pleasant driving on the west side this weekend -- but you've been warned. First, A&M is continuing its surprisingly positive introduction to the SEC by taking on LSU at Kyle Field. Houston is loaded with Tiger fans, as anyone who's gone by a shrimp-and-oyster joint on a football Saturda ... More >>

More Delays for the T.C. Jester/White Oak Bayou Bike Trail

Bicyclists looking forward to tooling from Oak Forest towards downtown will have to deal with another setback: The seemingly simple project is going to take even longer than thought. The Texas Department of Transportation announced on the Houston Bikeway Program's Facebook page: It is with regret ... More >>

Let's Hear It For Houston, Home To 4 Of TxDot's 10 Most Congested Highway Stretches

The Texas Department of Transportation has released its annual list of the most angst-producing stretches of highway in the state, and once again the Houston area is not to be denied. Four of the top 10 most congested "roadway segments" are within driving distance, if by "driving" you mean "sitting ... More >>

Highway To A Helluva Good Time: I-69 Opens

With little fanfare, the Texas Department of Transportation has announced that some segments of U.S.59 have been officially renamed I-69, the new NAFTA Highway. Why te hush-hush? Is Colonel Angus going to be driving down to make a visit? We don't know if I-69 was named by the Official Middle-Schoo ... More >>

Highway 6 Landfill Is Such Trash, Say Waller County Folks

Members of the Stop Highway 6 Landfill coalition are warning folks that the proposed Waller County landfill is going to spoil the rural landscape, poison the water supply and pollute our schoolchildren. Project officials say this is a bunch of rubbish. Pending state approval, the 723-acre site -- ... More >>

50 Rad Things Now on the Sig's Lagoon Walls

Within the past month, the walls of Sig's Lagoon have been transformed into a sprawling pop-culture collage of posters, photos, newspaper clippings, magazine covers, picture discs and cardboard cutouts courtesy of former Sundance Records owner Bobby Barnard. Since the longtime San Marcos music stor ... More >>

Radio Blues

Walmart Development Compromising Yale Street Bridge Stability, Critics Say

Jeff Jackson, director of Responsible Urban Development for Houston, thinks that something apocalyptic could happen to the Yale Street Bridge, especially when construction of the controversial new Heights-area Walmart is completed. In November, the Texas Department of Transportation performed a st ... More >>

Buffalo Bayou Improvements: Pedestrian Bridges & Strolling, Happy People

The Buffalo Bayou Partnership is ready to present the next phase of plans for improvement plans along the waterway, plans that include pedestrian bridges and pavilions. Trudi Smith of the organization tells Hair Balls the latest series of architect's renderings is based on suggestions from last yea ... More >>

TxDOT Sues Over Steamy Novel

It's titled Don't Mess With Texas.

Houston's TranStar Gets Some Major Tech-Geek Love

From a TranStar PowerPoint on the system​The Web site Jalopnik, home to all things automotive, takes a lengthy and glowing look today at TranStar's use of Bluetooth devices to track traffic jams. "[N]o one has tried snatching real-time data directly from Bluetooth devices along a network of s ... More >>

Heights-Area Walmart: Self-Created Traffic Jams To Prove A Point

Heights residents plan to stage a protest to show how bad traffic will be with a new Walmart. ​There hasn't been much noise lately about the Heights Walmart, except those embarrassing e-mails from city officials, but one group opposed to the development still has hopes that the project can be der ... More >>

Houston Pwns Texas On List Of Most-Congested Roadways. Yay?

A typical Houston Monday, maybe​The Texas Department of Transportation is touting new and improved technology to determine the worst traffic spots in the state, and the cutting-edge analysis has discovered...Houston sucks!Which we kinda knew already.Fully 35 of the state's 100 worst congested road ... More >>

Stay The Hell Away From The South Loop If You Know What's Good For You

The West Loop is a disaster area right now. An 18-wheeler has shut it down.From TxDot: EMERGENCY CLOSURE OF IH 610 WEST LOOPAt the request of the City of Bellaire, the Texas Department of Transportation has closed IH 610 West Loop southbound mainlanes and frontage road at Bellaire and is in the proc ... More >>

Thanks, Mr. Stalin, For All The Traffic This Weekend

Photo by agent2n​Blame Obama if you're stuck in hopeless traffic on I-10 East at I-45 this weekend. I-10 East will be completely closed, due to that socialistic stimulus act.Best attempt to put a good spin on it, from TxDOT: "With progress there is often sacrifice and the work on I-10 East will be ... More >>

TxDOT (Kinda) Confirms That Houston Is Home To Traffic Masochists

​The Texas Department of Transportation has put out a list of the 100 Most Congested Roads in Texas, and boy -- do we suck.Almost 40 percent of the little pieces of traffic hell TxDOT listed are right here, in Harris or Fort Bend counties.The usual suspects make the top (Six of the top ten are in ... More >>

TxDOT Tries Kinky Phone Sex To Get You To Protect Your Car Title

A winsome brunette in a fetish outfit featuring latex gloves and a mask, answers the phone.A heavy-breathing man on the other end is getting excited. "Relax," she purrs. "Take it from the beginning."Later she teases, "You like to surf the internet, don't you?" Then things build to a climax."Now go b ... More >>

Maybe I-45 Isn't One Of The Deadliest Stretches Of Highway

Photo by TimDukeCommuters in the Woodlands, UH students, Galveston day trippers, people driving to Dallas for some reason, and any number of other Houston motorists - congratulations on cheating death!According to Fox News, I-45 in Harris County ranks fifth in a list of the 10 most dangerous stretch ... More >>

Traffic -- It Was Bad Last Night, It'll Be Bad For A While

They Stayed In The Flagship Hotel -- And Survived

The Heights' "Rails to Trails" Path To Happen, At Last

Random Checks at the Bolivar Ferry, Up Close Communications, Ted Poe, Gene Green and Mac Haik

Galveston escapes with a close call

EVERGREEN Wildflower Hotline

Car Trouble

A new Honda is ticketed for expired registration…of a 1982 Chevy Blazer

Beach Patrol

Hands off the Bolivar ferry, Al Qaeda!

Seat Belts and Eye Shadow

If the Lost Boys can't get young Hispanic males to buckle up, nobody can!

For Whom the Hell Tolls

Heights residents fear the toll road authority's new land acquisition plans

Welcome to Fire Island

While communities across the country block LNG terminals, Quintana just shrugs

Offensive Driving

Judges declare open season on shooting the bird

Collision Course

Cyclists are finding out what really lurks along those serene country roads

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Chop Talk

Houston remains embroiled in what to do about Memorial Park

Brown Wins Historical Award

AH-HA recognizes the mayor for his contributions toward preservation

Roundabout Revenge

Councilwoman Carol Galloway lands the finishing blow in a old grudge match

Best Rest Stop

Interstate 10, one mile west of FM 1489 in Brookshire

A Yenne for Your Thoughts

Brazoria's D.A. raises privacy issues over DPS emissions tests

Deep Six

Corps beliefs about wetlands stall TxDOT's paving plans

The Katy: Railing On

Fears of a future light train trouble Katy Freeway expansion critics

A Call to Arms

Gary Ray is going to Russia for the glory of his sport. For the honor of his country. For a chance to win one more arm-wrestling contest.

Letters

D.on't

P.olice S.emis?

Semi-Safe

Pasadena police wanted bad trucks off the road. Then big-rig politics wrecked their plans.

Deadly Pitfalls

A 1991 Texas law fails to protect travelers from dangerous open pits along the state's roadways

Letters

Upping the Ante-Up

A planned HOV lane in west Houston ma instead become yet another toll road in our fair city

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