TRANSPORTATION Collin, Denton counties have ve of the busiest roads in the state
BY MICHAEL CROUCHLEY & DESTINE GIBSON
one Collin County road—US 380 from North Custer Road to North McDonald Street—was ranked in the top 100 busiest roads in the state. That stretch was the 64th busiest, accounting for 814,000 hours of delays and more than $70 million lost. Denton County claims four of the 100 busiest roadways in Texas. The highest ranking road was I-35E from Business 121 to I-635 at No. 36 with more than 226,000 hours of delays and more than $43.6 million lost due to congestion. “Tra c congestion isn’t just a big-city problem, and that problem is almost sure to get worse as our population surges by almost 20 mil- lion in the next 25 years,” said David Schrank, the TTI’s lead researcher on the annual study. “With that kind of growth, Texas needs to use every possible means to keep people and goods moving.”
In a recent report, Collin and Denton counties are reported to have ve of the busiest roads in Texas. The Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s annual report showed an increase in congested highways and streets in 2021. The report started in 2009 and rates the 100 busiest segments of roadways in the state with a study looking at congestion and the delay it costs in terms of time spent stuck in gridlock. There were 1,860 roadways in 23 urban areas that were reviewed during the study—funded by the Texas Department of Transportation—which looked at how much longer drivers were on the road in tra c jams com- pared to noncongested conditions. The Dallas-Fort Worth area accounted for 37 of the top 100 busiest roadways—up from 34 in 2021. Only
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s annual report found US 380 is the busiest roadway in Collin County. (Shelbie Hamilton/Community Impact) BUSIEST ROAD IN COLLIN COUNTY US 380 from North Custer Road to North McDonald Street was ranked in the top 100 busiest roads in the state.
64TH busiest road in Texas
hours of delays 814K
$70M lost due to congestion
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SOURCE: TEXAS A&M TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE COMMUNITY IMPACT
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