SH 130 vs I-35: early returns

Courtesy AustinContrarian  Mon, 05/25/2009 - 3:46pm

Ben Wear and a colleague have run another experiment comparing SH 130 to I-35.

 The trip around Austin on SH 130 was 22 minutes faster than the trip straight through town on I-35.  This even though I-35 was not particularly congested during their experiment.

 Wear averaged 70 mph on SH 130; his colleague, 50 mph.  (I-35 was nine minutes faster in the first experiment , but this was before SH 130 had been linked to I-35 via a limited-access...



 

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