Traffic police — friend or foe?

December 31, 2008

Tell me I’m not the only person who thinks that all the traffic police hired to “aid” the flow of traffic around the Galleria during Christmas aren’t making the problem worse! Yesterday, it took me 15 minutes to go travel between Sage and Post Oak on West Alabama because the several officers along the [...]

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Do red light cameras increase or decrease accidents?

December 30, 2008

As someone who has been rear-ended at a camera-monitored red light, I’m highly suspicious of the value created by red light cameras. A new study by Rice University argues that although accidents have increased at camera-monitored intersections, that increase is almost entirely attributable to increases in the unmonitored directions. The mayor supports this argument by [...]

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On the Subject of California’s Recent Hands Free Law

November 19, 2008

Now every time I curse somebody on their cell phone, I’ll consider the alternatives. (Once again, thanks be that we don’t live in California.)

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Houston’s Red-Light Cameras

November 16, 2008

The Houston Chronicle has a cool interactive map that shows where all the red-light cameras are located in Houston and gives information on the number of tickets issued at each light. It even has video for some of the lights.
photo credit: j-e-m-s (dos chicas)

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Feeder Roads

November 10, 2008

I hate feeder roads. This is a subject my wife and I debate occasionally. She claims that feeder roads are almost universally praised. They provide additional lanes to relieve highway congestion during peak usage, and they reduce traffic on city streets away from the highway.
A feeder road, also known as a frontage road, access road, [...]

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Check Your Tire Pressure

October 28, 2008

I don’t know how it is in the rest of Texas, but the transition between warm summer days and cool fall days occurs literally over night in Houston. Last week we enjoyed weather in the high 70s/low 80s. Now were in the 60s. The sudden drop in temperature precipitates a drop in tire pressure, so [...]

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