Yet another friendly reminder that US 101 is not the PCH.
@davidroddini1512
4 ай бұрын
PCH = Philadelphia’s Central Highway 🤔
@AslanKyoya1776
4 ай бұрын
Yes, PCH is California State Highway 1. It meets up with US 101 in Northern California
@davidroddini1512
4 ай бұрын
@@AslanKyoya1776 So… PCH stands for “Public California Highway”?
@AslanKyoya1776
4 ай бұрын
@@davidroddini1512 Pacific Coast Highway
@davidroddini1512
4 ай бұрын
@@AslanKyoya1776 Thanks for the clarification. Wait?! US 101 *isn’t* the Pacific Coast Highway?!
@Tyrannosaurus_Wrexx
4 ай бұрын
I live in Dallas, but just passed through Houston an hour ago, and yes, it’s heavy on freeways
@ProudTexan315
4 ай бұрын
The morning thunderstorm in dallas lol
@WinginWolf
4 ай бұрын
It feels like the highways are a city of their own. There are highways on the highways…
@dougedoug2105
3 ай бұрын
I live in Dallas and I’ve been to Houston countless times. DFW has more freeways
@gosnooky
4 ай бұрын
Correction: US-101 is not the beginning of the Pacific Coast Highway, that name belongs to CA-1 which begins in Data Point.
@bmjv77
4 ай бұрын
Beaver doesn't care. I've pointed out the same thing on a couple of previous videos, and he keeps saying it.
@passatboi
4 ай бұрын
@@bmjv77 He should make a video about US-101 and how it changes from huge freeway in LA to smaller freeway in Ventura/SB, to country highway then back to huge freeway in San Jose and Silicon valley, then into Van Ness/Lombard with traffic lights in SF, then back to a smaller freeway over the Golden Gate.... Then maybe he'd realize it's not the PCH.
@GalenlevyPhoto
4 ай бұрын
@@passatboiyup been there and done that when traveling from Bay Area to Los Angeles area and back. US 101 is bizarre highway. I remember the gridlock traffic on 101 near downtown Los Angeles. Traffic was barely moving at all. Almost stuck for a while.
@MrCalverino
4 ай бұрын
greetings from Houston where the freeways are like nascar speedways
@marsgal42
4 ай бұрын
I knew Houston and L.A. were going to be on the list, but was startled at how high Dallas was. Until I had another look at the map...I was in Texas a couple of weeks ago for the eclipse and drove the Katy Freeway and gassed the car up at Buc-ee's. My life is now complete. 🙂
@ki5aok
4 ай бұрын
I actually didn't think Houston would be on the list (it would barely miss the list). I knew Dallas/Fort Worth would be, as well as LA and New York. I would've actually thought Chicago would be in the list.
@julianmares9496
4 ай бұрын
Dallas ft worth metroplex is the 4th largest in the country. Biggest in Texas. DFW is larger than Houston metro. We just hit 8 million people.
@Atlasworkinprogress
4 ай бұрын
@@julianmares9496 Yup, and Dallas is growing at 6%, while Houston is at 5%. Interestingly, DFW will probably surpass Chicago in population by the next census, slotting in at a solid 3rd in the country. With LA's negative 3% growth, if Dallas maintains it's 6% growth, it won't take long for DFW to surpass LA, probably within 20-30 years, assuming growth rates continue at this pace. I doubt it will ever pass New York however.
@deeznutz32108
3 ай бұрын
@@ki5aokChicago is #6
@carringtonpageiv6210
4 ай бұрын
It’s always a nice day when Beaver post about the highway system! My absolute favorite types of videos
@JimmyBostwickEntertainmentInc1
Ай бұрын
I agree
@user-uo7fw5bo1o
4 ай бұрын
The New York City area's parkways are basically freeways where no busses or trucks are allowed.
@raidger4
4 ай бұрын
I-15 and I-215 aren’t in Los Angeles. The Inland Empire is its own metro area, the 13th largest in the country.
@ki5aok
4 ай бұрын
I think I-15 and I-215 are in the metropolitan area. Technically, Dallas and Fort Worth are two cities, but the metroplex is counted as one.
@AD-mq1qj
4 ай бұрын
@@ki5aok The 15 and 215 are way too far
@Geotpf
4 ай бұрын
The Inland Empire is its own Metropolitan Statistical Area but is part of the Los Angeles Combined Statistical Area. So it depends on whether you are using MSAs or CSAs.
@ki5aok
4 ай бұрын
@@Geotpf Oh, yea. Completely forgot about the Combined Statistical Area.
@Will0398
4 ай бұрын
LA was supposed to have double the freeways it does now. Although the freeways have done their damage to the city, it’d could’ve been much worse.
@ChatGPT1111
4 ай бұрын
I love L.A. freeways. I have a lot of foreign friends who upon visiting have marveled at them and said they wished their location had such a system. They do need to be wider nowadays though.
@Will0398
4 ай бұрын
@@ChatGPT1111 they need to be wider and repaved. Many of them have their original concrete poured from the 1950s but are only fixed with tar. Very bumpy and hard to navigate
@melting-vibes
4 ай бұрын
@@Will0398Going wider isn't going to fix the awful traffic throughout the city. You would think having up to 6 lanes for some of the interstates would fix traffic, but it doesn't at all. The current interstates are outdated and aren't designed to hold the LA capacity as of today.
@Will0398
4 ай бұрын
@@melting-vibes it won’t, I agree. But some freeways are too narrow for the capacity they hold. Or at least need to be repaved.
@tubby_1278
4 ай бұрын
@@ChatGPT1111 Freeways and highways came from Germany and Europe
@Feaster1026Productions
4 ай бұрын
Beaver Geography, can you please do a video on the complete guide to New York City's freeways?
@seanrodgers1839
4 ай бұрын
You could also do it by square feet. Very wide freeways should count for more
@larsedik
4 ай бұрын
Right - I was surprised at how narrow the freeways in NY are.
@austinhernandez2716
4 ай бұрын
In my experience, San Antonio was insane. It's just a big grid similar to Houston and it was completely full
@davidtosh7200
4 ай бұрын
Hope that TX-99 should be future I-669 to loop around Houston Texas.
@0mni8
4 ай бұрын
As someone who lives off of SH-99 I just wish it would be toll free 😂
@ki5aok
4 ай бұрын
Never will be. Since it's mostly a toll road, TxDOT and Fort Bend County won't give up the toll revenue.
@opiumextract2934
4 ай бұрын
@@0mni8 i wish, i spend like 16 a day to get to and from work.'
@0mni8
4 ай бұрын
@@opiumextract2934 too bad your employer won't pay for it 😔
@blueptconvertible
4 ай бұрын
0:12 that's the old Park East Freeway in Milwaukee. They bulldozed that like 20 years ago. It sat vacant for years until they built the Fiserv Forum. Use to drive that stretch all the time. Use to live just east of the terminus.
@matthewlinn
4 ай бұрын
Milwaukee was supposed to have a bunch of freeways in and around the metro area, such as the Park Freeway and the partially completed Stadium Freeway that was supposed to extend both directions.
@UTHookEmHorns73
3 ай бұрын
You missed out on many other freeways in Houston. Types of which you mentioned in the other 4 cities. Were the spurs, toll roads (other than the loops), US highways, & state highways included? Like 290, 288, 225, 35, 146, 330, 90, 249, 6, Hardy TW, Westpark TW, & Fort Bend TW are all in the Metro Houston area. The Grand Parkway, Hwy 99 (which you did mention) will be the longest loop in the world once completed. Surpassing the soon to be second longest loop in the world called Beltway 8 (partially Sam Houston TW). Also, in Houston.
@adri6nn
4 ай бұрын
sweet beaver uploaded
@truckercowboyed2638
4 ай бұрын
St Louis has a lot for sure......i70/i55, i44, i64....not to mention various state routes and bypasses.... forgot to add i255, i270,
@MrQuinnzard
4 ай бұрын
iirc, it's I-44, I-55, I-64/Highway 40, I-70, I-255, I-270, I-170, Highway 21, the Page Extension, 370, and Illinois 255. You could stretch it a bit further to add I-57 and some limited-access expressways (i.e. Manchester Road/Highway 100, Highway 367, Highway 67, Highway 61, Highway 141), but that's pretty much it.
@kymourdarkmyth799
4 ай бұрын
People keep forgetting the Highway 6 / FM1960 partial loop between Beltway 8 and the Grand Parkway in Houston. while not limited access it is a major thoroughfare and heavily trafficked.
@UTHookEmHorns73
3 ай бұрын
Ha! Don't I know it. L🙄L‼️ It should be at least 9 lanes by now. To be honest, it should be a devided semi-limited access highway like 222 & 422 in PA. 249 should be a spur freeway off of 45 (not just starting at the Sam Houston) or at least a divided semi-limited access highway.
@nickzz12
4 ай бұрын
Love your content! I'm a huge map nerd
@BeaverGeography
4 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoy it!
@jerrywood4508
4 ай бұрын
I haven't read the comments, but I'll bet you're getting some complaints from people in Fort Worth about you referring to the metro as Dallas alone.
@UTHookEmHorns73
3 ай бұрын
Yeah...people in Fort Worth certainly don't like being associated with dallas. My friends in the suburbs of little-d don't want to be associated with it either. I fully understand why too. Much props to Fort Worth & its move for independence from little-d. L🤠L‼️ You deserve better FW than just an afterthought in dFW. L✊️L‼️ Far better city, just for starters.
@mxchael9931
4 ай бұрын
Easily Baltimore, Washington,New York, Los Angeles and it came before I watch the video
@joshuarhines1298
3 ай бұрын
Good work bro 👍
@the20thDoctor
2 ай бұрын
Could you do a video about the major train companies and their territory?
@awvarwymandubratius7906
3 ай бұрын
Nice video, though as a Houstonian who has lived in Dallas and Denton, your calculations for Dallas apparently include Fort Worth, Denton, Garland, Arlington, Irving, Euless, Carrollton, Farmers Branch, Rockwell, Plano, Lewisville, and other municipalities’ highway systems. Your counter argument against Houston might be what about Jersey Village, Dear Park, Galveston, the Woodlands, Katy, Kingwood, Pasadena, Channelview, Pearland, and so forth? How might you address these conflicting arguments?
@robynkolozsvari
4 ай бұрын
... how have i never noticed the vaguely phallic shape of DFW's freeways before?
@thesonofno1
4 ай бұрын
😂
@UTHookEmHorns73
3 ай бұрын
🤣
@johnchastain5657
4 ай бұрын
DC probably has the fewest freeway miles of any major city, though you can buff your total by including the whole DC-Baltimore-NoVa metro area.
@DemonzSlayer49
4 ай бұрын
You sound pretty sick ;-;, i hope you get better soon
@BeaverGeography
4 ай бұрын
Thanks u right
@tbird2013
3 ай бұрын
I like this because I’m an huge city planning nerd/map nerd
@tcmtv001
4 ай бұрын
Just living here, I’m gonna guess Houston
@ckatheman
4 ай бұрын
Was surprised to not see Minneapolis/St Paul.
@wilsoncarlstedt8385
4 ай бұрын
5:45 I'm amazed Jacksonville, FL isn't up there on the list of freeway miles traveled per capita. There's a lot of people within 5 miles of a business district, but if you live to the South in St Johns County or at the beaches you're easily driving 25-30+ miles a day
@Been_offical_0417
3 ай бұрын
Please stop Jacksonville got 3 highways 🛣 that’s it and it’s a fake sprawling city please stop
@markfinn0
4 ай бұрын
Toronto's highway 401 (27 miles) carries 300,000 to 400,000 daily - and that's just one of Toronto's freeways. Highway 427 (10 miles) carries close to 300k.
@aegisofhonor
3 ай бұрын
Dallas has more freeways due to geography, Dallas is far closer to the center of the US with far more access points and directions to go than Houston. Houston has two entire directions (south and east) where there isn't a lot going on in that direction due to the Gulf of Mexico in the way but Dallas can literally go in any direction and there's somewhere to go meaning you need more roads.
@DJ_BROBOT
4 ай бұрын
You better add DC to this list...they have so many freeways in thar city...and many of them connect to nearby Baltimore
@supermarble94
4 ай бұрын
Philadelphia doesn't have a lot of freeway traffic because the toll roads and toll bridges in the area are downright predatory with their prices.
@benduncan4027
4 ай бұрын
And that’s a good thing
@maroon9273
4 ай бұрын
Just only three highway that connect to Philly which I-76, I-676 and I-95
@thenoodledrop
4 ай бұрын
@@maroon9273you could include the US-1 Roosevelt Expressway in here too, but definitely more of a “locals only” type kind of expressway. Though it’s damage to the surrounding neighborhoods could be argued to have been more destructive than 76
@johnathin0061892
4 ай бұрын
"Predatory" is an understatement, especially the PA Turnpike.
@supermarble94
4 ай бұрын
@@johnathin0061892 For a fully loaded semi truck to do a round trip from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, it costs $450 with a transponder and $900 for pay by plate. Literally extortion.
@kratsatlu
4 ай бұрын
I have often wondered which cities are connected by the most interstate and US routes. Vid idea?
@lancestar9217
4 ай бұрын
now do which major metros have the least aka are big cities that exist with little to non-freeways!!! YAHOOOO!!!!!
@ddrdanganvloger2187
4 ай бұрын
Can’t believe no one knew NYC would blow any other Metro Outta The Park. Parkways definitely add to that. Plus Corrupticut & Pennsylvania’s Pike County.
@patrickboldea599
4 ай бұрын
I always forget just how highway heavy parts of the Outer Boroughs are.
@benpholmes
4 ай бұрын
Thanks to Robert Moses
@TheAnomics1
4 ай бұрын
Dallas, Houston or LA
@glennso47
4 ай бұрын
Des Moines? Argo Fay Illinois?😊
@JimmyBostwickEntertainmentInc1
Ай бұрын
Fun fact: Arizona and New Mexico are the only states that don’t have spur interstate routes
@gelandres
4 ай бұрын
NYC? Long Island is not NYC. Neither are the freeways in New Jersey. Maybe there are many freeways heading to NYC but there are little freeways in NYC proper. That's why you can walk it.
@Atlasworkinprogress
4 ай бұрын
This is going by either CSA or MSA, city proper boundaries don't matter when you are talking about census defined Metro Areas.
@gelandres
4 ай бұрын
Okay I get it. Still it should not say NYC. It should say the NYC metropolitan region, which in this case encompasses bordering states like NJ and CT
@jjeandell
4 ай бұрын
Surprises on this list: LA being 3rd? Dallas being 2nd? NY being 1st? Sounds like revers order......and Philly being in this list over Chicago or Denver or Seattle or Detroit or shall I keep listing?
@17Se7enteen
4 ай бұрын
if you were going by capita, i bet san juan, PR, would have to be on there *geoguessr flashbacks* i guess you could also go freeway mi/ sq mi
@johnlabus7359
4 ай бұрын
Good thing that you didn't go by urban area population because that data point is really old in the table.
@blksoul26
4 ай бұрын
Surprised about nyc. Even though I live here doesn’t seem like so much freeway miles. Great info.
@AlexCab_49
4 ай бұрын
He's counting the metro areas rather than city proper
@kazikian
4 ай бұрын
NYC needs some bypasses. Almost all traffic heading to New England or Long Island has to pass through the city, including way too many trucks.
@BellaBellaElla
4 ай бұрын
Calling them "freeways" is so foreign to me. Haha. Like, I guess I know some folks say it, but it was wild to hear it said so much!!
@brocksanders5135
4 ай бұрын
Make a whole video about Nashville it seems interesting
@mazdaman2315
4 ай бұрын
One that I’ve always found interesting is I781 in Watertown it’s only about 2 miles in length and at least in my opinion seems useless
@Baker0214
4 ай бұрын
Before the video I'm gonna guess Dallas or Houston
@Cyrus992
4 ай бұрын
Las Vegas has the lowest miles of freeways per person than any major metro in the US after Chicago. Very little mass transit either. Much of the traffic is instead shifted towards useless arterial routes instead.
@richards31415
4 ай бұрын
I'd imagine Tucson is up there with Vegas. Only 2 freeways and except for I-10 near downtown and NW of the city, much of it is only 2 lanes each direction
@Cyrus992
4 ай бұрын
@@richards31415 very similar in their management and planning
@matthewluecke3704
4 ай бұрын
I Googled to see where Chicago would rank--it has 6 miles fewer than Philly.
@LukeO-1234
4 ай бұрын
I would like to see cities with the least amount as well
@vincepirrone4715
4 ай бұрын
Gotta be LA
@SavageScientist
4 ай бұрын
Glad to see New Orleans appeared in a picture , LOL
@User31129
4 ай бұрын
Detroit Metro cant be far behind. Especially if you include Interstate-quality State routes 10, 39, 5, and 59. It seems a little overbuilt for a population of about 3 to 3.5 million.
@benpholmes
4 ай бұрын
Yes! I was just thinking this. Not only does Detroit have quite the freeway network for its size, but it's lost a lot of population in the last 50 or so years. So per capita, I would expect it to be about the highest.
@User31129
4 ай бұрын
@@benpholmes yep. Michigan's population peaked at 10.1M in 2004, went down during the Great Recession, and has now basically gotten back to there. But it was 20 years of zero net growth.
@danieljackett4193
4 ай бұрын
@User31129 The Lodge?... Interstate-quality? 😂😂😂😂 Same with the Davison
@orthrus4490
4 ай бұрын
It's had declining population since the late 60s, which is right after they finished building the infrastructure for most of the city. The city built itself for a population of 2-3 million residents in the core alone if I'm not mistaken.
@ghostchefs
Ай бұрын
Where is Chicago??
@howardcitizen2471
4 ай бұрын
Had the interstates bypassed cities, today’s urbanists would now be complaining about the social injustice of cities’ economic isolation.
@aaronchmura6564
4 ай бұрын
this is a dumb comment
@jpayne4040
4 ай бұрын
Interstates are one of those projects where everybody wants it, but "not in my neighborhood." Affordable housing also comes to mind.
@connor5890
4 ай бұрын
Almost all cities declined following the construction of interstate freeways. It would be equitable so long as those transportation dollars got spent on metros or regional rail instead of freeways. Freeways work better for rural communities, transit works better for urban communities
@orthrus4490
4 ай бұрын
You do realize there are other ways to transport cargo and people both quicker and more efficiently than cars right? High speed rail costs less per mile than freeways, have higher capacity, and move between double and triple the speed of the fastest freeways in free-flowing traffic. A good example is Japan, which has cities separated by both medium distances (think San antonio to Austin to DFW for distance scale) and mountains which have made them isolated in the past, but the high speed rail links interconnect the cities even better than the interstate highways do in the US both economically and population movement wise. As for cargo, rail is faster and more efficient in medium and long distance while planes are faster at mainly long distance. Trucks are only really a competitive option at short distances, mainly within a city or smaller metro area. The reason rail isn't used more is because the government subsidizes road infrastructure to a much greater degree than rail, and gross incompetence on the part of the 2 rail duopolies (2 companies east and 2 companies west of the Mississippi river). A good example is Russia, which has massive cargo rail lines that transport goods (but also people) from Moscow to St. Petersburg (Leningrad) to Vladivostok which is essentially on the other side of the damn planet. In fact, because of this Vladivostok is better connected economically to Moscow than LA is to New York or Chicago (goods wise), despite being over twice the distance as it's American counterparts which are only connected by air travel, and even then most of the goods coming in through the port of LA that go east do so by rail, not highway
@orthrus4490
4 ай бұрын
Also, interstates bypassing the cities would still be a viable way of getting from city to city, but wouldn't have gutted downtowns of dozens or hundreds of actres of economically productive land in each, and would've prevented (or at least reduced) car dependency further reducing the destruction of homes and businesses for parking lots and garages.
@indianapatsfan
4 ай бұрын
🦫 Happy Saturday
@anthonyg3320
4 ай бұрын
It’s the DFW metroplex, Dallas-Fort Worth, two major cities anchor the metroplex. It’s not just the dallas metro.
@david123321ism
4 ай бұрын
Im sure he knows that. But Dallas is the bigger and more well known of the two cities.
@UHaulShorts
4 ай бұрын
Indianapolis? i-65 i-74 i-69 i--70
@karimsanchez3213
3 ай бұрын
Denver has I 70, I 270, I 25, I 225 Highway 6, C 470
@bjdon99
4 ай бұрын
I am surprised the Kansas City Metro area is not right up there in the top five. A highway map makes it look a lot like the Dallas Fort Worth area. Was the combined Kansas and Missouri space factored in for it or not?
@orthrus4490
4 ай бұрын
On a per capita basis Kansas City is the highest in the country, but the sheer size of all the metros on this list means that smaller cities like KC would have to be so packed with freeways that everyone in it would have an on ramp for a driveway
@BruthaManTee
4 ай бұрын
Im from Kansas City
@mattywanders
4 ай бұрын
No love for PCH in San Diego?
@jacksonivy
4 ай бұрын
the ‘smaller inner business district loop’ in houston is not a loop. it just so happened to be when’re multiple freeways come into contact with one another.
@UTHookEmHorns73
3 ай бұрын
They make a continuous loop downtown. You can get & stay on 10, 45, & 69 to loop downtown without getting off the freeways. Many other cities have loops made up of multiple highways/freeways.
@AlterverseX
4 ай бұрын
I hear mention of parkway as a freeway. The term freeway is hazy, but adding parkway to it blurs it further. Since these terms are not well defined and not used the same way everywhere, would anyone share examples from their area that I can view it on google maps?
@ClementinesmWTF
4 ай бұрын
Houston’s Grand Parkway was originally named that because of the plans for 1mi of park on either side of the road going all the way around Houston. The plans for the park were dropped, but the Highway stayed as did its name. Parkways general have more scenic drives, but it’s not an official term, just something used to express the scenic-ness. In a similar fashion, Texas also has Farm-to-Market and Ranch-to-Market (FM or Farm Road and RM or Ranch Road, respectively) designations for a certain type of state highway, but many of those don’t serve that original purpose anymore. They tried renaming some to Urban Road a while back and that backfired immensely, so they’re still all FM or RM, despite not necessarily being for that purpose.
@HHSGDFootballJPD
4 ай бұрын
In Greater NYC, parkways are freeways that were built before 1940 and generally have tighter curves, little acceleration/deceleration lanes, and low bridge clearances. As such, trucks and other commercial vehicles (like busses) aren't allowed to use them.
@orthrus4490
4 ай бұрын
I live in DFW. A good example of a parkway is Lake Ridge Parkway, which run through grand prairie, which acts as a thoroughfare for most of its length and a boulevard for some areas. You can also look at Belt Line Road (the FM 1382 section to be specific) for an example of a higher speed thoroughfare that operates closer to a highway than a boulevard for most of its length, with few intersections. For the most part, parkways are just more scenic highways, with higher (although not freeway, usually) speeds and fewer intersections, but there can still be businesses and whatnot on the intersecting local streets (driveways aren't common but are occasionally used as well) Freeways are pretty simple though: they're grade separated limited access highways, i.e. no stop lights, stop signs, or traditional intersections except for in rural areas in which they're incredibly unsafe. Most intersections are with higher order roads like arterials and collectors (highways of all types and boulevards mainly) and are ALWAYS grade separated (thats what makes it a freeway). They also don't have tolls, as that would make them as that would make them a Turnpike, which means tolled freeway. Essentially, a freeway is the highest order of non tolled road with the most limited access, highest speeds, and grade separated intersections. These are your interstate highways, as well as state highways like SH360 north of the green oaks interchange
@tajothy2692
Ай бұрын
when its evening here in germany i like to visit la with live traffic and laught very loud. how can car traffic be so bad if this is the only form of transportation which you can use in this country. every highway in dark red. thats the opposite of freedom.
@glennso47
4 ай бұрын
Certainly not Chicago. Ain’t nothing free there.
@mile5892
4 ай бұрын
what is the city at 0:11 and at 0:21 and at 0:29
@wilddave18073
4 ай бұрын
Philly is at the 0:29 mark. That's I-76, the Schuylkill Expressway.
@imcrazywill
4 ай бұрын
new orleans is 0:21
@idcanthony9286
4 ай бұрын
I’m visiting San Antonio from Colorado and I can’t believe how many freeways are here.
@kmlynden1
4 ай бұрын
Vancouver Canada.... Hahaha
@benpholmes
4 ай бұрын
LOL!! Sure, right up there with Winnipeg! Excellent freeway planning in both cities!
@cagedtigersteve
4 ай бұрын
What is a freeway and what is a city?
@nicholasharvey1232
4 ай бұрын
Anyone else thinks Beaver sounds like a high school kid?
@BeaverGeography
4 ай бұрын
Wow you're a genius
@fizzedball7078
4 ай бұрын
As someone who did an amateur freeway mapping project on Google Earth a few years back, Dallas & Minneapolis were the standout cities in terms of the density of freeways present. The bigger cities that stood out for the lack of freeway density were Chicago, Phoenix, and Detroit.
@orthrus4490
4 ай бұрын
DFW has a lot of freeways, but they're not that wide with a few exceptions. Most highways are 2 or 3 lanes with the largest being merge points on 35 and then 635. The largest continuous for a while was probably i45 being the widest for the longest (although I don't take 635 very often so it could be bigger, I'm just not sure)
@cagedtigersteve
4 ай бұрын
I mean you consider metros like Washington-Baltimore or do just Washington and Baltimore separately. You did New York City and Newark together. So why not add Philadelphia in the New York-Newark-Trenton-Philadelphia metro area.
@sythos_8653
4 ай бұрын
Before watching the video I'll guess Dallas
@stevepalmberg5905
4 ай бұрын
So what?
@branagain
4 ай бұрын
I live in the Dallas metroplex and I wish we had more freeways.
@orthrus4490
4 ай бұрын
I wish we had more transit honestly. We built so many freeways and they're pretty wide in certain areas and traffic still backs up pretty horribly. It's probably time to stop throwing billions at highway expansions and try something new like, idk, building traditional, walkable mixed use neighborhoods so at least I don't have to drive as often
@supaproximalsix2155
3 ай бұрын
The sprawl north is crazy, Fort Worth will eventually need more freeways too
@melodyanderson7914
4 ай бұрын
Indianapolis has the most interstate highways unless that has been surpassed by another city. I-70, I-65, I-74, I-69, I-465.
@danieljackett4193
4 ай бұрын
Is I-69 open south of 465? I also find it interesting that I-69 and I-74, plus the numerous US routes run counter clockwise on 465, while 465's mileage is measured clockwise
@stanthonyofpadua1
4 ай бұрын
35W is not "35 west" and 35E isn't "35 east." Just say the letters. Otherwise it'll get confusing when you discuss the northbound and southbound lanes, as in "35W south."
@colinsteadland
4 ай бұрын
it is. I-35 is the interstate and E and W delineates which direction the highway splits.
@history_leisure
4 ай бұрын
I-45 should probably continue along I-35E from I-30 northward, then the gap with an extension of I-345 or as I-135
@ki5aok
4 ай бұрын
That might have been possible with the Trinity Parkway project, but I think that project is dead (and, besides, it would've been a toll road).
@history_leisure
4 ай бұрын
@@ki5aok I-45 already dumps you on I-30 anyway, a short concurrency isn't a big deal
@ki5aok
4 ай бұрын
@@history_leisureWhere are you going with I-45 after you place it with I-35E?
@history_leisure
4 ай бұрын
@@ki5aok you read it the wrong way. Where I-45 ends now, it’s concurrent with I-30 to I-35E, which I-45 takes to Denton, with the other portion of I-35E becoming a “normal” spur route. Technically, the government doesn’t want letters in routes at all, and I-69 seems to be bucking that rule, so I doubt that would push an existing lettered routes to get redesignated
@ki5aok
4 ай бұрын
@@history_leisure So I-35 would follow I-35W, I-35E from Dallas to HIllsboro would be an x35 route, then I-45 would take over I-35E from Dallas to Denton, where it would end at I-35. I would presume I-345 would simply go away (much to the delight of Little Elm). I would presume US-75 would either take over I-345, simply end at Spur 366, or would take over Spur 366 and end at I-45/Former I-35E. If US-75 doesn't take over I-345 and either ends at Spur 366 or takes over the Spur 366 route to I-45/Former I-35E, then I would presume I-345 would be decommissioned and the bridge structure would be removed, opening Little Elm up to Downtown. You would also need to redo the mileage on I-35W and I-35 from Denton to Oklahoma border, as the I-35 mileage today follows I-35E.
@adambuesser6264
4 ай бұрын
What city has the most parkways or toll parkways?
@deafleppard1812
4 ай бұрын
New York City I bet, Robert Moses brought the parkway idea to america and popularized it.
@nygeriunprence
4 ай бұрын
I’m pretty sure Dallas does
@Brian-wf2qf
4 ай бұрын
DFW 🎉
@NapiRockAndRoll
4 ай бұрын
European opinion: There should not be any highway inside the city limits, they are tearing up the texture of the city. They should be removed, or reduced to 2x2 lanes. Instead of them tram or train lines should be built. Along the lines The zoning should be changed to allow mid rise housing and commercial buildings. In the city center the blocks which were bulldozed for parking lots should be converted to parks. At the end you got a livable city.
@christianbryant5617
4 ай бұрын
You don’t sound European at all.. you sound like an American who watches too many of those channels showcasing how much better Dutch and German planning are compared to America, when it’s just not the case. No one wants to ride around on a tram when you’re carrying a bunch of shit with you or you just had a long day at work.. no one wants to ride a bike either. It’s a lot better to just drive yourself. That’s why America has that “go getter” attitude to it. You say freeways ruin the texture also, but if you look at it from a different lens, the freeway systems are built perfectly within the metro areas. You can hop on and be anywhere in the city in minutes, and keep in mind, American cities are huge, so personal travel will always be a major part of the lifestyle. It’s better a lot of times, because you can dedicate biking and walking to your leisure time and get a better experience for it. No families will prefer an apartment to a suburban home either, because it’s an outdated design meant for single people or small families. A home on a lot is way more versatile and practical
@NapiRockAndRoll
4 ай бұрын
@@christianbryant5617 I'm European, you can believe me. And European cities objectively ARE better. Why is that? -Less energy consumption. Dense neighborhoods needs less energy for heating and cooling houses. -Less pollution. Due to shorter distances the length of the trips are shorter, this way even car rides are more efficient. And the public transportation is also more effective due to the high density. -Not bound to a car. Americans often think that driving is the ultimate freedom. But no, real freedom is choice. In most European cities you got a choice. You can drive or you can use the public transportation. If you want a beer you just hop on a bus or a tram and find one at the next stop. If you haven't got a driving license due to your age or health situation American cities are actual jails. Due to the huge traffic jam travel times are quicker in Europe even with public transportation. -Not strictly zoned. The American zoning rule is simply stupid. In Europe you got grocery stores and other small businesses in walking distance. You don't need a car if you are going to buy food. The zoning laws were created when car manufacturers and oil producers are successfully lobbied for it in the 40s. They got tons of revenue because of it, and now everybody in north America thinks it's normal. -Livable city center. In the US the city centers very often bulldozed for highways and parking lots. Who wants to live next to a highway? Nobody. Try to cross a highway even on an overpass or underpass. In European cities you can cross even the widest streets on the pedestrian crossing areas. The city center offers lots of amenities, and the life is enjoyable there. -No HOAs. I think I should not explain this. The US cannot be a free country until the last HOA is not disbanded. -Getting more human centric. The European cities are transforming. In the 60 many cites are coped the idea of car centric cities, but meanwhile we realized it's not a good idea. Now we slowly transform back our cities. Getting the space from the cars (wide roads, parking lots) and give them back to the people. Parks, outdoor places are built in the former parking places. -Financially sustainable. Many don't know, but the American type suburbs are huge financial burden for the city, due to the fact, that the single family homes are not producing enough tax for infrastructure maintenance. That's why the cities are keep building new suburbs. As long as they are growing they wont be bankrupted. When the grow stops the cites will fail. Regarding a study ~$8000 extra tax should be paid in every household to cover the real costs of the infrastructure maintenance (in that particular city). In Europe the mixed neighborhoods can generate enough tax. Furthermore the road design in US is also increasing the maintenance cost. The average suburban road is 6m wide in Europe, and 15m in the US. Conclusion: There is nothing wrong if you want to live in a single family home. But the real costs are way higher than most families can pay. It is bad for the environment too.
@neverseenbeforenow
4 ай бұрын
5 seconds
@BenriBea
4 ай бұрын
Isn't it interesting how a large city can have the widest, most expansive highways in the country and it still struggles to transport the same amount of people as a moderately sized transit system in a mid sized US city?
@colormedubious4747
4 ай бұрын
I have been "privileged" to be stuck in traffic in ALL of the cities you mentioned, regardless of the time of day. I curse the name of Robert Moses every time. He didn't "invent" the freeway or the parkway, but he showed politicians how to pretend to "fix" traffic while destroying the fabric of our great cities (and bankrupting them) without a trace of accountability.
@tubby_1278
4 ай бұрын
I think LA does: - I-5 - 110 - 210 - 405 - US 101 - 105 - 60 - 91 - 605 - 710 - 1 -118 - 134 Meanwhile I live in Sacramento and we only have 5: CA 99 I-5 I-80 US 50 160
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