[tcb] Re: [tcb]
- From: Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 09:58:27 -0500
Y'all are crazy! Houston traffic is WAAAAAAAY worse than Austin.
Been through Friendswood lately?
It has taken us 6 hours to get from Austin to League City Texas, and the most
time consuming part was definaty not through Austin.
On Jun 1, 2013, at 6:47 AM, Ronnie Hughes <fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I hate to, but I have to agree with Sammie on this one.
>
> I would rather to downtown Houston on 45 at rush hour than try the southern
> route through Austin. It took me 4 hours to drive from the Buckee's in
> Bastrop to Fredericksburg on Friday afternoon.
>
> I left the Classic early to try to make through Sunday afternoon and it only
> took 3 1/2 hours for a 2 hour drive. However, on Sunday, the culprit was the
> construction in Bastrop backed up all the way to the airport.
>
> I will tip my hat to the police in Giddings that took control of their 4
> traffic lights through town on 290. Sailed through there without stopping,
> while the cops in Bastrop were drinking sweat tea somewhere while the traffic
> was backed up for 20 miles trying to get through the stop light on 21 & 71.
>
> I've looked on the map and I don't see an alternative to driving through
> Bastrop, the airport, Austin and Dripping Springs - 71 to 290.
>
> If there's a choice please share.
>
>
> From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 10:04 PM
> Subject: [tcb] Re: [tcb]
>
> Well, let's see; I 35 through Austin, 290 out by the airport, and that thing
> that they call the MO-PAC. And mo-pac is correct, there is a lot of mo-pac,
> but not sure they could pac anymore cars on that thing. Last time I went
> down the mo-pac it took about 1 1/2 hours to go from the start on the north
> side to the end on the south side, a total of what, about 5 miles or so.
> Last time (coming back from the Classic) it took 1 1/2 hours to go from the
> airport to Bastrop (about 20 miles) stop and go the entire way. We used to
> (late 50s) drive our sports cars out the 2222 from town all the way to the
> lake as fast as we felt safe and never saw a house and very few other cars.
> Austin traffic now is as bad as southern CA around LA. A friend of mine is a
> Texas DOT engineer and told me a couple of years ago that Austin had the
> highest traffic count on their freeways of any city in Texas. I love Austin,
> just as I love southern CA; just one problem now: There are too many
> )(&(%^&#$$^#@ people living there.
>
> --- On Fri, 5/31/13, Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: [tcb]
> To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, May 31, 2013, 9:04 PM
>
> Where you been driving Sammie?
> Not where I live.
>
> On May 31, 2013, at 4:55 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Yep, and 90% of the population is all out on the streets and freeways when I
>> try to drive in that friggin town.
>>
>> --- On Fri, 5/31/13, 5123509862@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <5123509862@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> From: 5123509862@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <5123509862@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [tcb]
>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Friday, May 31, 2013, 2:39 PM
>>
>> I just heard Austin is now the 11th largest city in the country. IN THE
>> FRIGGIN COUNTRY!
>>
>
>
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