![]() The Chair of the California Energy Commission, David Hochschild, recently observed that “electricity rates are climate policy”. I love spending time outdoors, and feel deeply our responsibility to this incredible planet that we call home. After working in the tech industry for about 25 years, I retired a few years ago to better align my time with my priorities. I studied math and neurobiology on the east coast before moving out here in 1987 for grad school in computer science. My background is not in climate science, and I'm not even particularly green my hope is that helps to make this blog more relatable. It is important that we develop a shared understanding of the basic science and impacts of climate change, to make sense of our actions and policy options going forward. My hope is that readers of this blog will develop a better understanding of how our climate is evolving and how they want to respond, and will feel comfortable asking questions and exchanging comments on the topic. In addition to say - West part is the most developed and populous part of the town.About this blog: Climate change, despite its outsized impact on the planet, is still an abstract concept to many of us. What we have free in west part of town? - only Westloop of 610 Sam Houston, Westpark tollway and now I-10 - all gonna be tollways. Therefore, in whole West part of Houston, we don't have any 'free' way to drive on. and I also with that Sam Houston beltway would be free. So, my opinion is that the Municipality is doing the wrong thing. Here you just cannot survive witout a car. Plus they don't have as big cities by area as Houston. it could be like in Europe - there, they have a very good tranportation across the cities, so people have the option either to drive or to use a mass transit. I understand that if we had other options of transportation, like trail, buses or underground, the municipality could rise the prices and tolls. ![]() I just don't understand, why would they want to make I-10 a tollway? High prices of gas, the additional tolls, and plus no chance of living without a car in Houston - all this can put down mentally anybody. The fact is that the situation with cars and roads getting worse. Oh well, Houston placed itself in the situation it is in so I suppose the chickens are coming home to roost so to speak. Those who will hijack the enterest of the city and millions of others because they don't want to be temporarily inconvenienced. Those who cannot see that the city belongs to ALL OF US. One of the things I like least about Houston is a prominent mentality of those who cannot see beyond their own interests. What happens on one freeway can affect them all. When you choose to live in a Metro area closing in on 6 million residents, the "I only want to pay for a highway if I am personally going to use it" mentality can be dangerous. In a city like Houston where a car is more of a necessity than a luxury and mass transit is clearly a "second thought", covering the city in toll roads is the last thing we need, ESPECIALLY now with gas prices. Not only have the toll amounts increased over the years, but the revenue from the toll roads is going to the financing of the building of additional toll roads across the city.Ĭlearly somone's goal is to have the Houston Metro covered in toll roads and the worst part about it all is it seems there is little that can be done about it. Citizens voted for the creation of the tollway with the perception the tolls will one day be removed after it is paid for. I don't have a problem with toll roads themselves as much as the fact the tolls will not eventually be discontinued or reduced. I recently found out the new Highway 6 overpass over the Katy freeway will ALSO be tolled. The facility will be in operation 24 hours a day with financial incentives provided to HOV 3 users during peak travel times.ĭown with Toll roads in Houston. Drivers will have multiple entrances and exit locations from both the eastbound and the westbound mainlanes of I-10 with two right lanes for general EZ Tag users and a left lane at each tolling location specifically for HOV 3+ drivers. There will be electronic fee collection technology at 3 tolling locations, overhead signage that will indicate which lane drivers should be in based on occupancy, and is dynamically priced to ensure an optimal level of service is maintained at all times. This is an EZ-Tag only facility with an option for HOV 3+ drivers to use the facility free during peak times in peak directions. It exists together within the same corridor as the general-purpose lanes of the I-10/Katy Freeway offering motorists the choice of using the Katy Tollway when time is most valuable. Question: What is the Katy Tollway and where is it located?Īnswer: The Katy Tollway is an approximately 12 mile long tolling facility that begins west of SH 6 and ends at the I-10/I-610 interchange.
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