US Hwy 75 from downtown to Jenks

[Townsend]

We just passed a $900 million package to improve streets after decades of neglect.  I don't know if this highway is on tap for repavement, but it certainly doesn't need widening.  Tulsans need to live a month commuting in a major city like Dallas or Houston, then complain about being delayed 10 or 15 minutes by a slowdown during rush hour.  Try an hour drive to go ten miles some day in a bigger city and then complain about Tulsa highway traffic.

That's not much of an argument.  We don't live in Dallas or Houston.  If we did, we'd expect the delays. 

We live in little ol' Tulsa. 

A 15 to 20 minute commute time is probably one of the reasons some people are still okay with living here.

[Conan71]

That's not much of an argument.  We don't live in Dallas or Houston.  If we did, we'd expect the delays. 

We live in little ol' Tulsa. 

A 15 to 20 minute commute time is probably one of the reasons some people are still okay with living here.

One of the main reasons I declined a promotion which would have landed me in Houston or Dallas about 15 years ago.

[Townsend]

One of the main reasons I declined a promotion which would have landed me in Houston or Dallas about 15 years ago.

Yeah, I think if I was stuck with a 2 hour commute time here in Tulsa, that'd Grandmaster Flash me out of here.

[swake]

My boss works out of my company's office in the Bay Area. We are moving offices later this year from Santa Clara to another town up closer to San Francisco. His commute is going to increase from 15-20 minute to nearly an hour and a half each way.


I could not do that, three hours a day in the car going to and from work is very destructive to a person's quality of life.

[Hoss]

One of the main reasons I declined a promotion which would have landed me in Houston or Dallas about 15 years ago.

Lived in Houston for three years.  The commute sucked.  I lived out near Spring (north surburb) and initially where I worked wasn't too far (inside Beltway 8 for those familiar).  It was about a 15 minute commute.

Then the month after I got that job, the company moved their office.  What had been a 10 mile, 15 minute commute turned into a nightmare as we moved to the NW corner of the Inner Loop (I-610 at US290).  Turned into a 21 mile, 40 minute nightmare..and that was worse coming home at night.

I can remember after moving when they were doing work on the BA, people complaining about a 10 minute delay.  The 40 minutes I spent coming home was without delays, and if it had a wreck or just rubberneckers, then you could be sure it was a 1 hour plus drive home.

I enjoyed telling them that as I laughed about their 25 minute drive from downtown to Coweta.