This is mostly a rant, but I’d love to get in touch with the correct city official so I can bitch to them. My job is in the River oaks area, I usually leave around 3:30 and while traffic is bad, it’s not full on rush hour. I had to stay late today and left at 4:45. One of the routes home for me is taking westheimer into downtown, to 2nd ward. I have to take this route because 59 is a parking lot, and Kirby to Allen parkway through River oaks is a nightmare as well. I went through 24 lights on westheimer alone, 37 total, and I stopped at most of them. The timing of these lights is insane. 4 cars go, and if you get a green, the next light is red. It is the worst traffic management ever. God forbid there is a metro bus on westheimer. It took 33 minutes to go 5 miles. I’ve been living with this commute for 3 years, and while it’s usually not terrible, I’ve been thinking about how awful the light timing has been around the city in general. For reference my commute to work is usually about 13 minutes door to door at 6:45am. Thank you for listening to my rant.

In addition, this is waaaay better than the hour long commute I used to have from the burbs.

TL/DR: the traffic lights in this city are timed like they are controlled by a vengeful teenager.w