Traffic In Houston Essay

As a group, we will be presenting on traffic as an ongoing problem within the city of Houston. Illustrated through our speech will be a comparison of Houston’s traffic to other cities in the United States. We will also discuss current plans to alleviate the issue and how it is working out for us as a city, future plans to help with our cities traffic congestion, as well as other possible outcomes that we as Houstonians have yet to look into. We will go into detail with each section to explain the causes and potential positive outcomes that can stem from a change in our approach to traffic within the city of Houston. Houston has been ranked the fourth worst city for traffic in the United States by Inrix Inc. Based upon its rapidly expanding population, and its ridiculous size, many Houstonians claim that an hour long commute is the norm. Houstonians sat for an average of seventy-four hours in their vehicles in gridlock traffic in 2015, which was a twelve hour increase in comparison to 2014, where Inrix Inc. ranked Houston number 8 in this list. Currently sitting just one hour less than San Francisco, and Washington D.C., who both sit tied at seventy-five hours, we are well on our way to moving up on this dreadful list. With our population …show more content…
The festival brought in over five hundred participants eager to learn of new ways to go about their commute into work and to shopping destinations. The festival suggested taking public transportation, carpooling, as well as walking or biking into work. At the festival the tea launched the findasmarterwaytowork.com website that goes into greater detail about these new options for commuting. The city is even offering tax breaks for employers that elect to participate within this new