I have to agree with my classmate Samantha's blog, Rush. Austin is growing rapidly in the last few year, and our current road highway system can't handle the increases in traffic. Adding toll lanes to the Mopac Expressway might help with the increasing traffic in Austin, it do not solve the problem in the long run. Just like the MetroRail, it somewhat helps the traffic when there is a seminar in downtown Austin. But the MetroRail only has one track, to and back from Austin. Even with the toll-road, MetroRail, and buses, we still experiencing very bad traffic every day, all hours of the day.
We need something more than using millions of dollars to add more lanes to the old highway. It will not free up the highway and improve traffic. It's useless just like any other project the City of Austin did to diverse traffic. It might be too late for us to try to solve this traffic problem we have in Austin. People in Austin is used to drive everywhere with their car, and it's a traffic that is hard to break.
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