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Progress: the Katy Freeway in Houston, Texas, spans across 26 lanes making it the worlds widest. The freeway is broken down in to 12 main lanes (six in each direction), eight feeder lanes. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

It's always first and last leg in Texas that kills this stuff.

The only affordable housing is far enough outside the city that you basically have to own a car because there's not enough density to have bus stops.

And going to a park park and ride following by waiting on the bus adds another 30-40 minutes to the commute and gets your car broken into 3 times a year, so nobody uses them.

The real solution is to mandate allowing remote work for positions where it is a viable option.

I commute 4 hours a day for a job where I log into a computer and do all my work online. If people like me were allowed to work remote we'd have more time with our families, traffic would be reduced, and housing closer the city would get cheaper for those who DO need to work in-person.