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Originally Posted by austlar1
IH35 from 183 on the north to 71/290 on the south (central Austin basically) can jam up at any time almost around the clock, but it tends to happen mostly in the immediate downtown area. Mopac gets sticky for about four hours in the morning and again in the late afternoon with the worst of it being peak rush hour. Other Austin freeways and toll roads usually do not completely jam up even in peak rush hour. My experience has been that overall there is much more generalized congestion on Houston and Dallas freeways. I recently drove from Austin to Hobby Airport in Houston on a Saturday afternoon. Traffic was monstrous all the way through Houston. It took me close to an hour and a half to make it to Hobby once I hit Houston traffic just east of Katy. I've had similar weekend experiences trying to drive around DFW area freeways, especially in the mid-cities area and on LBJ Fwy.
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I noticed Austin is getting toll happy lately. I wonder if it does help with the congestion.