It's called understanding the right of way. Merging traffic should be yielding and merging when appropriate. The "courteousness" is why the traffic is so bad and why there are so many accidents.
I literally drive this exact entire route on my commute to work 5 days out of the week lol…. We have a lot of lanes out here yet we still have a lot of traffic every single day especially during rush hour (3pm - 7pm)
Don't get fooled about Houston this city has some of the most aggressive drivers people driving a 100 mph. Almost everyday it's a road rage shooting out here. I live on the Westside of Houston. I'm glad y'all enjoyed my city and safe travels.
If you’ve lived in Houston more than a few years and commute regularly, you become well adapted for the roads. You learn how to traverse lanes and seamlessly keep up with the flow without even thinking about it. Anyone not used to it can be quickly spotted and is usually avoided like the plague. The most experienced drivers, 10 yrs +, usually know all the secrets - all alternate routes, the way the lights are timed, and that 99% of all highway accidents will be completely cleared within minutes and it’s better to just stay on rather than exit and get stuck in the feeder lanes.
All at the cost of destroying the environment, propping up the fossil fuels industry, and what else? Depave the planet. And I say that as a Houston veteran driver. F*ck all of this sh*t.
@@Texas-Made I am from Houston. I live n Houston. My gas prices looking like 2008 gas prices. And Houston designed this city to keep us from riding bikes, and dependent on fossil fuels.
Hahaha, you are so right. Being in Texas for more than 50yrs, and there are some crazy a$% drivers. If you're new to the area, best you tour the town in NON rush hr traffic. You can not be a Sunday driver in Houston, EVER.😁
I was in Houston last month. You’re right it’s huge - very spread out. But the people seemed very friendly and there’s a lot of diversity. There seems to be a lot going on there in terms of construction, development, and the job scene. It a happening place.
My hometown. Born but not raised. They have been working on the roads since the early 80's. Never ending road construction. Massive improvements. Brutal in the summer.
What fascinates me about Houston is that it is considered the most diverse city in the US (except maybe NYC). Like, I would not expect such a place in Texas.
I’m a New Zealander from the South Island, never been on a highway more than 2 lanes each way, and never been through a big interchange, love watching these
@@AreaThirteenThirteen it’s been going down drastically since now they’re taking away cars and suspending licenses over stuff like simple road rage but you can never say never
Think that's a bit of a stretch. I've lived in Houston my entire life and have never seen a road rage shooting. Not to say it doesn't happen but let's not act like it's the wild west out here
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS They’re reaching with this. Houston has parts that are a little more dangerous than others as every major city does but for the most part it’s not a bad city to live in.
@@Gltokensp06 - Yeah my dad was a funny guy and a genuine butt hole. Born in southwest Louisiana-- Air Force and then a 55 plus year Houstonian. RIP dad.
No its never gonna be great! Because of the shit they done to houston! Lack of entertainment Lack of tourists spots Heavy traffic Downtown always empty Lack of skyscaper buildings Hardly any public ads or billboards Too many freeways Tax infested city Freeways too wide All they care about is the classic stuff like grow up houston!
I'm older now and don't drive anymore and enjoy car videos, but so many of them are just angry drivers ready to lay on the horn - how refreshing to ride along with you guys. A good respectful driver that isn't looking for revenge at every corner. You're a good defensive driver. Love you guys and really enjoyed the video. New subscriber here and best of luck to you both. ♥
Good job,guys. Yep, that road is insane! Take it easy , you'll get there. I live 1.5 miles north at Bunker Hill exit. You can hear the hiway roar! 5 freeway lanes each way, 2 toll lanes each way, 4 access road lanes each way, not counting entrance and exit lanes. 26 lanes !
I live a few blocks from Bunker Hills and I-10 absolutely you can hear the noise that’s coming from the freeway way all day long but I love Houston even though we have to deal with traffic every day…
As a Houstonian, I’m well adapted to that area on I-10 especially during the rush hour sheesh. Also where y’all said “this has to be it.” at 23:15 y’all are correct that’s the point of the widest spot.
I live in kingwood suburb northeast Houston. Houston has some beautiful areas. Dont just use common since, there are certainly areas you want to avoid. Probably currently the highest murder rate per capita. Houston heights is an eclectic area. Peace!
I been living in Katy for a year now n I saw you pass my street haha! I do more freeway driving here than CA for sure and im more relaxed driving it ! awesome video!
Houston has lost a lot of palms trees in the historic Texas freeze last February, and has been losing a lot of palms due to the Texas Phoenix palm decline. That disease had whipped out a ton of Canary Island dates, Medjool dates, Mexican fan, sabal palmettos, and queen palms. But that 2021 freeze took a major toll on an already declining palm population in the Houston area. I'm originally from Florida, and Houston has never had as many palms as Florida or Cali, but we use to have a fair share primarily around businesses and people's private home lots.
Personally, I do not like, or care anything about palm trees. I have never known Houston, or surrounding areas to have very many. We lived in a neighborhood off of Edgebrook, back in the 70's. The backyard where we lived, had a huge palm tree in it. My dad hated it. He said that roaches nested in it. He cut it down, and had it ground out. It was an eyesore.
I live near the Buccees in Katy you drove by. Fun to hear a visitor's point of view about our city and the highways. I drive I-10 every day just in the Katy area. I avoid going into Houston unless necessary.
I just moved from west Houston right near Katy. I rarely left that area since everything was close. Now in the south area and everything is atleas one freeway stop over which is crazy at rush hour.
Houston has 38 skyscrapers. LA is literally right behind it and catching up with 32. San Francisco has 28. Houston has been somewhat stagnant. Not much skyscraper growth. Maybe that’ll change later.
Houston went on a building boom in the 80s and was the 3rd largest skyline at one time. Miami over took it around the early 2000s when it went on a highrise condos building boom. Driving in from 288 you can see all 4 business centers lined up. Uptown, Tx Med Center, Greenway & downtown together creates a big panoramic skyline. Driving from SW Houston north bound on I-69 into town will give you a good view of the Uptown skyline. The Tx Med center is about the size of Downtown Louisville but it's only visible from certain freeway. As for the Katy freeway, some stretch has 7 lanes, 2 HOT lanes and 4 feeder lanes going West bound. Another set of these going East bound for a total of 26 if you count in the feeder lanes.
@@tx_7134 yeah in general Houstonian would refer to it as the Galleria area. When it comes to urban planning, special taxes & Federal grants, it's commonly refer as Uptown district
@@tx_7134 maybe from your experience but I run across people referring it to both Uptown or the Galleria area. I have friends that lived in the Amli Uptown apartments and looking to move into the Uptown Oaks condo. Every year we attend the Uptown lighting ceremony. We shop at Uptown park and dine at Uptown Sushi. There's even an Uptown hookah bar if you're into that. Or just Google the Galleria area & you'll see Uptown/Galleria area
Apples and oranges dfw metroplex includes 11 countys and 3 major citys fort worth being a hour away lol greather houston includes 9 countys and 2 suburbs. Dallas and Houston would be a better comparison and Houston almost doubles Dallas sq miles
@@ma.higiniablancoblanco1380 Srry but can't compare houston to a city tht depends on its metro area 100% of the time Houston Atlanta Chicago miami && L.A. or all in the same league && Dallas shouldn't even be apart of tht conversation periodt🥱🤷♂️
My daughter moved to Houston six months ago. I don't think I'll ever be able to find my way when I visit without my GPS. Although, it seems to take me a different way each time.🤔
It's very cool, just like any other highway but, still… adding more lanes won’t solve rush hours, congestion, maybe even car crashes. Still very nice of a highway in my opinion, one of my favorites in America.
When I lived in Houston, I lived on the west side, right off of 1-10 and Dairy Ashford (which you drove past). I worked in central Houston inside Loop 610. I had a manual shift VW GTI at the time. I would be driving like a fool zipping in and out of rush hour traffic with all those lanes to play with hahahahaha! It was great fun! On a side note, it truly is a civil engineering masterpiece!
Beltway 8 around Houston is something like a 369 mile radius. Houston land wise is one of the largest cities in the world. We live south of Houston near JSC.
@@thebabbler8867 with less than half of the population that’s the crazy part but it’s because London is congested and stacked on top of each other Houston is very car dependent like most of America and on top of that it’s spreaded out, neighborhood yards are huge in Houston especially for a big city.
Lived here my whole life, there’s always car accidents when everyone is going home from work, it gets a lot of traffic, I live around memorial city and it gets alittle packed but it’s awesome to drive in
Texas has an amazing highway system. I went thru central Dallas, at night, and was amazed at how easy it was to do so and continue west on a day when I drove over 700 miles from Alabama stopping somewhere west of Dallas so I would not have to deal with commute traffic. In Phoenix, our most recent major freeway is the "South Mountain" freeway, the completed loop 202, which keeps long distance truck traffic from going thru our downtown tunnel. It diverts drivers from eastbound I-10 then reunites them about 20 miles later avoiding all the downtown traffic, even passing a big casino along the way which has its own exit. It took years to complete but has changed our traffic patterns in Phoenix. I worked as a tourism systems instructor in Houston a couple of times and enjoyed the people who worked for my clients. On my second trip there, my colleague and I drove to Galveston and really enjoyed its main attraction, which had an indoor rainforest and Imax theater. Living in Arizona is like Texas but we actually feel cooler, because we are drier, lol.
First off. I’m not reading all that. But how did Dallas get in the conversation b and I’m willing to bet you were in a another city but think it’s ‘Dallas’ smh. It’s not all Dallas. Or you can say dfw. But you saying west of Dallas then it’s not Dallas. You have major cities like Fort Worth and Arlington. But it’s not all Dallas.
Yes it it. Just have plenty of patience (for the bad traffic & distracted drivers) & plenty of water to drink in your vehicle (the middle of spring to the middle of the fall humidity+heat index=actual feel like temperatures can be BRUTAL ON THE BODY) and you'll have a good time 👍👍.
Never, ever go to Houston or Texas for that matter in the summer months. The best time to go is from mid-March until April 21. I point out the date in April because it's San Jacinto Day. A person could spend a whole day at the San Jacinto Monument. As a sidenote:If perhaps your married, a trip to Washington on the Brazos is a bonus. Especially when the bluebonnets are in bloom. It is about 60-70 miles northwest of H-town. Most people don't realize that Houston is the fourth largest city in the U.S. And also the largest city in the South. I would recommend not driving during rush hour, morning or evening. Good Luck if you visit my hometown.Take care and GOD bless!
@@brandonthomas4175 sadly true & thank god for the speed limit to slow people down just a little bit. I swear if the speed limit didn't exist, people would drive between 60-100 mph ,on every road down here!!
I ride that hwy from hwy 6 to 610 west and vice versa after work. But I always use the toll or HOV because the traffic causes you such a delay. Usually travel time with peak traffic is 45 minutes. Without traffic 15 minutes. Wow I forgot to add that my wife’s father was a hydraulic engineer during the design of that stretch of the freeway. Their job was to help with the design so that water wouldn’t puddle up on the freeway. Thanks for reading that and enjoy Houston. 🤘🏽
Fun Fact: Houston is home to the most African American millionaires in the country. More African American millionaires live in Houston than all of New York and Los Angeles combined.
I’ve been living here all my life, and I never knew this fun fact of Houston having the widest freeway, & do not ride on the freeways here I take all the stop signs. I don’t feel safe in the freeways.
that construction through brookshire and sealy never ends. that been going on for ever. katy expanded so much that parts of katy are now considered brookshire
I was born and raised in Houston they did nothing but build build build build build and expand all these freeways but yet still overcrowded and still no train system. that’s why I’m so glad I long left out of that madhouse place
I really enjoyed the video bro, I would like you upload more videos driving and at same time talking whatever topic you want, currently I’m improving my English listening!
Most of the travelers on the road in the video don't live anywhere near this downtown area. Most People live 30 to 70 miles away in the suburbs, so they drive anywhere from 60 to 140 miles total to work and back per day! Everything is bigger in Texas!
Can't blame em. So many people work in the petrochemical industry in that part of the country, and nobody want's to live close to those refineries and plants.
I live in Houston born and raised our traffic starts at 4:00 am ends at 11:00 am then stars back up at 12:30-1:00 o'clock and don't end till 7-8 at night. When here drive like us or get ran over on the highways it may say 60 MPH but we doing 70-80 MPH.
The 26 lanes inckude the service and tolls roads as well. Just an FYI. Its between 610 and the beltway. Thats the widest stretch. I find it interesting myself, being a native Houstonian.
30 year resident from elsewhere. The problem with wide lanes is that eventually you have to drop them. And it doesn't really matter where you choose to drop the lane(s), that's where the traffic jam will have moved to. And when you build a new lane, suddenly, a bunch of land that had been too far out for development looks juicy to a developer. New neighborhood, traffic increases, they build more lanes. Wash, rinse, repeat.
From Western Nebr. Im ALWAYS drivn thru here to see relatives, friends, here in H-town, San Anton, Corpus Christi, & Harlingen, Mc Callen, day or night, and I jus love ITTTTTTT!!!!! For their are always functions, here in TEXAS, concerts, rodeos, train shows, ect even in the dead of winter, you never see that back home where I'm from, 😭. (And never get tired of it. I LOVE TEXAS, 💞💓😍 ITS A WHOLE OTHER WORLD)!!!👍
Miami has more buildings over 500 feet tall than Houston does. However, Miami's tallest building (Panorama tower at 869 feet in height) would be the 4th tallest building in Houston. The tallest build in Houston is JP Morgan Chase tower at 1,002 feet in height.
I'm from Houston Houston pretty much has three downtowns lol but I live 30 minutes away from Houston in Cleveland tx. Houston is upgrading everything to run down neighborhood's etc due to population increasing rapidly but at night looks totally different with all the lights but downtown looks even more amazing at night.
Thats nowhere near the widest stretch of highway in the world.I have been on highways in China over 50 lanes wide each direction. After I came back from China all I can think of is how petite and cute USA highways are and how few vehicles are on them. Everywhere is like driving in the countryside even in those highways that circle around major cities. You are never far away from a blade of grass or a tree in the usa. I lived in a building in China where from the roof all you could see around you is the tops of buildings as far as the eyes could see in all directions with no trees and no grass in sight for miles and miles and miles and it felt like it was like that no matter how many miles you went in any direction you could never find a single blade of grass or a single tree because its all packed with buildings and roads.
The best barbecue in Texas is in Lockhart Texas. There's a place called Black's Barbecue and there's a place called Kreuz BBQ. I live in Houston and we got a lot of good barbecue spots but in Texas that's where I would say the best barbecue is. In Houston Hoots Smokehouse on Canal Street in East downtown. Best stuffed baked potato. They actually give you more meat than potato there LOL you should try it next time you come by. Good video, and I did like the fact that you got to experience or wonderful traffic jams LOL
Like the other guy said, I have driven this so much I feel like I could do it with my eyes closed. I remember my brother took a date driving the 610 loop to look at the night skyline. He was cheap lol.
This used to be 3 main lanes, 2 frontage, and 1 HOV each way. It would stay congested throughout the day outside of rush hours, worse than 610 Galleria or 290 at that time too. Now it’s only congested during rush hours.
Houston is a great city to live work and play in. I know the entire county like the back off hand. I could have taken you on a much better route and pointed out sights. The area you first hit traffic is rarely not busy. Next time you are here stay in a motel by the light rail and you can see a lot. Maybe catch a ball game and something to eat. Lots of great clubs, restaurants and shopping. Enjoy your tour. I live 1 block off the widest part of Katy Frwy and I sill love Houston.
At 26:50 into video you were in the exact middle of the widest part of Katy Frwy. Shorty after you started singing in Spanish. You would definitely like the diverse culture found in Houston.
Hey sir look if you pass the hospital tower in spring branch that is the memorial hermann and also the one next by the memorial hermann hospital there is mall is called memorial city mall.
Im born and raised definitely proud of this city, Houston has 3 skylines if remember he said the single building to the left that is Smith Tower at The Galleria, coming from 288 South, then the buildings in the middle that is The Medical Center with Reliant Stadium in sight aswell and the bigger set of the buildings to the right is Downtown Houston, depending on what over pass you are on, on 288 South you can get a perfect picture of the entire 3 Skyline. Remember if you are on 610 your on a loop if your on I-10 you will cut across the city, East to Louisiana and West will take you to Katy. Love the video 📹
I was born in Houston, and lived there for 40 years. I left in 2011 and have no desire to ever return...not even to visit family. It is nasty, overrun with crime, traffic is horrible.... life there is nothing like in the 70s-90s. Glad you got to see it, but I just can't bring myself to tell anyone that they really should visit Houston.
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS Yes, It's big, and lots of big crime. Just not the kind of stuff I want to be around. I am enjoying the peace and beauty of small town life in Texas now. No more hustle to get here or there. Life is good. 🙂
these places are massive! .. lol.. so while houston has the widest frewwway .. austin sanantonio has the longest stretch of none stop urban area .. of over 200 miles and the largest gas station in the world 🌎... Have you lovely couple ever driven highway 8 to San Diego .. it's considered the deadliest highway in America .. especially if your traveling up the mountains to casinos.. but I truly loved it the scenery .. it's breath taking and nothing like the flat lands of Texas.. I miss it alreadyruclips.net/video/CJBPc1G9DsU/видео.html. ...@16:59.. highway 8 this is a classic example of tectonic plates colliding .. this is one tectonic plate pushing up on the western coast of California .. this happens over millions and millions of years as an entire continent only moves one inch a year
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS Traffic. Houston is a major metro area with millions of people, yet it's horrendously unwalkable, and it's public transportation system is terrible compared to other metro areas like Amsterdam or Melbourne. Houston keeps spending billions on freeway widening and road projects, yet traffic just becomes worse and worse. High time the city invests in some serious rail and BR, along with improvements to pedestrian & bicycle infrastructure and reform of land use laws (which, contrary to common misconception, do exist in Houston). Only then can you reduce traffic.
Houston is crazy large people a lot of clubs and bars and strips clubs also what we call strips like other cities but we have a lot of strips the o.s.t strip,the richmond strip, the westheimer strip, the washington avenue strip just a few that I use to roam so much to do in Houston with a large freeway system but traffic gets stupid
Houston: where people would rather get in an accident than let you merge
True
In the 1970's it was the most courteous
I agree
Well, you’re suppose to get in where you fit in. If you’re truly from Houston, you know they’re not going to let you in, you have to take it.
It's called understanding the right of way. Merging traffic should be yielding and merging when appropriate. The "courteousness" is why the traffic is so bad and why there are so many accidents.
I literally drive this exact entire route on my commute to work 5 days out of the week lol…. We have a lot of lanes out here yet we still have a lot of traffic every single day especially during rush hour (3pm - 7pm)
Lol me too
💯 traffic every day!
Me too days
Same lol. Drive from kirkwood to conroe / humble monday-friday, crazy how bad traffic always is, especially coming back home
I loved Houston!
Don't get fooled about Houston this city has some of the most aggressive drivers people driving a 100 mph. Almost everyday it's a road rage shooting out here. I live on the Westside of Houston. I'm glad y'all enjoyed my city and safe travels.
After leaving NASA I came upon a funeral procession. It was going about 65. The patrol directed me to go around at about 80 mph.
Real Talk I've Had Some Flash A Gun @ Me Just Because I Got Over In From of Them He Really Got Mad Because His Beat Up Dodge Couldn't Out Run Dat Benz
@@kennethhaynes4468 that’s crazy
Dubs up! I grew up in alief. Its interesting to think that even with the widest highways there's always horrible traffic on 10 until your reach hey 6
I live in north Houston. I see road rage a lot . Especially people driving real fast and crazy .
If you’ve lived in Houston more than a few years and commute regularly, you become well adapted for the roads. You learn how to traverse lanes and seamlessly keep up with the flow without even thinking about it. Anyone not used to it can be quickly spotted and is usually avoided like the plague. The most experienced drivers, 10 yrs +, usually know all the secrets - all alternate routes, the way the lights are timed, and that 99% of all highway accidents will be completely cleared within minutes and it’s better to just stay on rather than exit and get stuck in the feeder lanes.
that exiting on the feeder rd will have way more pissed 🤣
All at the cost of destroying the environment, propping up the fossil fuels industry, and what else? Depave the planet. And I say that as a Houston veteran driver. F*ck all of this sh*t.
@@Graeberwave not from Texas huh? How's your gas prices? Mine suck.
@@Texas-Made I am from Houston. I live n Houston. My gas prices looking like 2008 gas prices. And Houston designed this city to keep us from riding bikes, and dependent on fossil fuels.
Hahaha, you are so right. Being in Texas for more than 50yrs, and there are some crazy a$% drivers. If you're new to the area, best you tour the town in NON rush hr traffic. You can not be a Sunday driver in Houston, EVER.😁
This city is so big it takes 1 hour 20 minutes from east point to west point. It's huge.
@Graciela Parsons no
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@Ozuna ENOC for example from southeast to west(Katy)
It can take the same time in LA… maybe even longer. not including suburbs.
I was in Houston last month. You’re right it’s huge - very spread out. But the people seemed very friendly and there’s a lot of diversity. There seems to be a lot going on there in terms of construction, development, and the job scene. It a happening place.
Miami skyline is bigger because of skyrise apartments. But Houston has more office buildings.
My hometown. Born but not raised. They have been working on the roads since the early 80's. Never ending road construction. Massive improvements. Brutal in the summer.
The heat
They've been continuously building the Gulf Freeway I-45 since 1947.
@@ninaappelt9001 I know. Hope they are finished now.
I can't wait to get out of this god damn city.
@@Graeberwave LOL
What fascinates me about Houston is that it is considered the most diverse city in the US (except maybe NYC). Like, I would not expect such a place in Texas.
I’m a New Zealander from the South Island, never been on a highway more than 2 lanes each way, and never been through a big interchange, love watching these
Enjoy texas. But #1 rule don’t compare Texas to any other southern state, Florida, Georgia or Alabama etc. Texans will get pissed!
It's planet Texas really.
Tyler Texas wont like me 😅
Texas, it's a whole other country. We are the only state that's allowed to fly the Texas flag at the same height as the US flag.
It’s better than that dump called California I know that.
Not just the widest but the wildest, nowadays one wrong move and the bullets are flying in your direction.
What? Seamed safe to me!!! I got to be honest and we travel some scary towns!
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS No joke. I'm guessing you were just passing through but there are road rage shootings here almost on a daily basis.
@@AreaThirteenThirteen it’s been going down drastically since now they’re taking away cars and suspending licenses over stuff like simple road rage but you can never say never
Think that's a bit of a stretch. I've lived in Houston my entire life and have never seen a road rage shooting. Not to say it doesn't happen but let's not act like it's the wild west out here
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS They’re reaching with this. Houston has parts that are a little more dangerous than others as every major city does but for the most part it’s not a bad city to live in.
The Katy Bucess set a world record for longest car wash. It also has 120 gas pumps.
Good to know,funny i get to learn that after I used a couple of times
And California is building the largest Tesla charging station in the world with a food court and restaurants. Welcome to the future.
My dad had a saying, "Houston will be a great town if they can ever get it finished."
Hahaha! As a Houstonian, I love this! Also, they'll never finish.
@@Gltokensp06 - Yeah my dad was a funny guy and a genuine butt hole. Born in southwest Louisiana-- Air Force and then a 55 plus year Houstonian. RIP dad.
No its never gonna be great! Because of the shit they done to houston!
Lack of entertainment
Lack of tourists spots
Heavy traffic
Downtown always empty
Lack of skyscaper buildings
Hardly any public ads or billboards
Too many freeways
Tax infested city
Freeways too wide
All they care about is the classic stuff like grow up houston!
I'm older now and don't drive anymore and enjoy car videos, but so many of them are just angry drivers ready to lay on the horn - how refreshing to ride along with you guys. A good respectful driver that isn't looking for revenge at every corner. You're a good defensive driver. Love you guys and really enjoyed the video. New subscriber here and best of luck to you both. ♥
Hello Zettie. How are you doing?
Welcome we TRY to be decent human beings despite our faults
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS Everybody has faults.
Good job,guys. Yep, that road is insane! Take it easy , you'll get there. I live 1.5 miles north at Bunker Hill exit. You can hear the hiway roar! 5 freeway lanes each way, 2 toll lanes each way, 4 access road lanes each way, not counting entrance and exit lanes. 26 lanes !
I live a few blocks from Bunker Hills and I-10 absolutely you can hear the noise that’s coming from the freeway way all day long but I love Houston even though we have to deal with traffic every day…
We were just there this past weekend. Houston was so beautiful.
As a Houstonian, I’m well adapted to that area on I-10 especially during the rush hour sheesh. Also where y’all said “this has to be it.” at 23:15 y’all are correct that’s the point of the widest spot.
I live in kingwood suburb northeast Houston. Houston has some beautiful areas. Dont just use common since, there are certainly areas you want to avoid. Probably currently the highest murder rate per capita. Houston heights is an eclectic area.
Peace!
I been living in Katy for a year now n I saw you pass my street haha! I do more freeway driving here than CA for sure and im more relaxed driving it ! awesome video!
Houston has lost a lot of palms trees in the historic Texas freeze last February, and has been losing a lot of palms due to the Texas Phoenix palm decline. That disease had whipped out a ton of Canary Island dates, Medjool dates, Mexican fan, sabal palmettos, and queen palms. But that 2021 freeze took a major toll on an already declining palm population in the Houston area. I'm originally from Florida, and Houston has never had as many palms as Florida or Cali, but we use to have a fair share primarily around businesses and people's private home lots.
Some of my palms in SWFL had damages in 2021 from the cold! Wild! My mango tree died! Its growing back but others died
Personally, I do not like, or care anything about palm trees. I have never known Houston, or surrounding areas to have very many. We lived in a neighborhood off of Edgebrook, back in the 70's. The backyard where we lived, had a huge palm tree in it. My dad hated it. He said that roaches nested in it. He cut it down, and had it ground out. It was an eyesore.
It's all by design. The Government controls the weather.
@@bonniearonson6786 eye sore to you. But some of us actually love nature and palm trees.
Lived in Houston my whole life and have seen about 2 and a half palm trees
Visited twice now and loved it. People are so nice and it’s clean- and so much to do!
Driving 'across town' in Houston can be two hours at low traffic. 665sq miles, and that doesn't include 'burbs.
Massive! What a city
I live near the Buccees in Katy you drove by. Fun to hear a visitor's point of view about our city and the highways. I drive I-10 every day just in the Katy area. I avoid going into Houston unless necessary.
I know and luckily for yall I like Houston 🤣👆
I just moved from west Houston right near Katy. I rarely left that area since everything was close. Now in the south area and everything is atleas one freeway stop over which is crazy at rush hour.
Why?
@@Htxracing97 That’s what I wanna know.
Such a great video. Really love Houston and these videos will rock your channel... but South Florida and Miami are my favorites.
Hope they do well
Great video! I live in Houston as well. I moved from Miami 5 years ago. Houston is the BEST overall city in the country.
I moved to Houston in 2008 . I used to live in Kentucky. I love my city of Houston. Apartments are expensive. But other than that ....I love it
Economically I would agree with you
From 288 coming into the city, you can see four of Houston’s seven skylines: Downtown, Medical Center, Greenway Plaza and Uptown.
Houston has 38 skyscrapers. LA is literally right behind it and catching up with 32. San Francisco has 28. Houston has been somewhat stagnant. Not much skyscraper growth. Maybe that’ll change later.
I've lived here 30 years and count 3 "full grown" skylines (Downtown, Uptown, and Med Ctr, and one "baby skyline" emerging in the Energy Corridor.
@@californiamade5608houston got 168 skyscrapers wdym
Houston went on a building boom in the 80s and was the 3rd largest skyline at one time. Miami over took it around the early 2000s when it went on a highrise condos building boom. Driving in from 288 you can see all 4 business centers lined up. Uptown, Tx Med Center, Greenway & downtown together creates a big panoramic skyline. Driving from SW Houston north bound on I-69 into town will give you a good view of the Uptown skyline. The Tx Med center is about the size of Downtown Louisville but it's only visible from certain freeway. As for the Katy freeway, some stretch has 7 lanes, 2 HOT lanes and 4 feeder lanes going West bound. Another set of these going East bound for a total of 26 if you count in the feeder lanes.
Uptown? You mean The Galleria
@@tx_7134 the official name is Houston Uptown district. The Galleria is located with in Uptown TIRZ
@@baopham8676 anybody born and raised in Houston calls it the galleria not ''uptown'' 🤣
@@tx_7134 yeah in general Houstonian would refer to it as the Galleria area. When it comes to urban planning, special taxes & Federal grants, it's commonly refer as Uptown district
@@tx_7134 maybe from your experience but I run across people referring it to both Uptown or the Galleria area. I have friends that lived in the Amli Uptown apartments and looking to move into the Uptown Oaks condo. Every year we attend the Uptown lighting ceremony. We shop at Uptown park and dine at Uptown Sushi. There's even an Uptown hookah bar if you're into that. Or just Google the Galleria area & you'll see Uptown/Galleria area
The DFW metro area has more square miles, but downtown Houston is so massive! It makes Dallas look like a small town!
Apples and oranges dfw metroplex includes 11 countys and 3 major citys fort worth being a hour away lol greather houston includes 9 countys and 2 suburbs. Dallas and Houston would be a better comparison and Houston almost doubles Dallas sq miles
@@ma.higiniablancoblanco1380 Srry but can't compare houston to a city tht depends on its metro area 100% of the time Houston Atlanta Chicago miami && L.A. or all in the same league && Dallas shouldn't even be apart of tht conversation periodt🥱🤷♂️
@@Miss_TEXAS_713 Add San Francisco and Seattle.
@@ma.higiniablancoblanco1380 Ft worth isn’t an hour away from Dallas. More like 30 to 35 mins.
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Get your facts straight. Checkout Metro Houston.
My daughter moved to Houston six months ago. I don't think I'll ever be able to find my way when I visit without my GPS. Although, it seems to take me a different way each time.🤔
Traffic flow affects routes
I thought i was the only one who liked road trips and enjoy seeing any cars in traffic
Its amazing thats what this channel do!
Cool to see Houston.. I used to live there, but, when I left they were just starting to expand those highways
It's very cool, just like any other highway but, still… adding more lanes won’t solve rush hours, congestion, maybe even car crashes. Still very nice of a highway in my opinion, one of my favorites in America.
When I lived in Houston, I lived on the west side, right off of 1-10 and Dairy Ashford (which you drove past). I worked in central Houston inside Loop 610. I had a manual shift VW GTI at the time. I would be driving like a fool zipping in and out of rush hour traffic with all those lanes to play with hahahahaha! It was great fun! On a side note, it truly is a civil engineering masterpiece!
Sure is they really pulled off a road
Beltway 8 around Houston is something like a 369 mile radius. Houston land wise is one of the largest cities in the world.
We live south of Houston near JSC.
Houston is around the same land size as London.
@@thebabbler8867 with less than half of the population that’s the crazy part but it’s because London is congested and stacked on top of each other Houston is very car dependent like most of America and on top of that it’s spreaded out, neighborhood yards are huge in Houston especially for a big city.
Yeah and Houston on land size is larger than New York City’s, but the crazy part is NYC’s population is way bigger than H’s
Lived here my whole life, there’s always car accidents when everyone is going home from work, it gets a lot of traffic, I live around memorial city and it gets alittle packed but it’s awesome to drive in
Texas has an amazing highway system. I went thru central Dallas, at night, and was amazed at how easy it was to do so and continue west on a day when I drove over 700 miles from Alabama stopping somewhere west of Dallas so I would not have to deal with commute traffic.
In Phoenix, our most recent major freeway is the "South Mountain" freeway, the completed loop 202, which keeps long distance truck traffic from going thru our downtown tunnel. It diverts drivers from eastbound I-10 then reunites them about 20 miles later avoiding all the downtown traffic, even passing a big casino along the way which has its own exit.
It took years to complete but has changed our traffic patterns in Phoenix.
I worked as a tourism systems instructor in Houston a couple of times and enjoyed the people who worked for my clients.
On my second trip there, my colleague and I drove to Galveston and really enjoyed its main attraction, which had an indoor rainforest and Imax theater. Living in Arizona is like Texas but we actually feel cooler, because we are drier, lol.
First off. I’m not reading all that. But how did Dallas get in the conversation b and I’m willing to bet you were in a another city but think it’s ‘Dallas’ smh. It’s not all Dallas. Or you can say dfw. But you saying west of Dallas then it’s not Dallas. You have major cities like Fort Worth and Arlington. But it’s not all Dallas.
Houston is a big beautiful city I definitely wanna visit there in future
Yes it it. Just have plenty of patience (for the bad traffic & distracted drivers) & plenty of water to drink in your vehicle (the middle of spring to the middle of the fall humidity+heat index=actual feel like temperatures can be BRUTAL ON THE BODY) and you'll have a good time 👍👍.
Never, ever go to Houston or Texas for that matter in the summer months. The best time to go is from mid-March until April 21. I point out the date in April because it's San Jacinto Day.
A person could spend a whole day at the San Jacinto Monument.
As a sidenote:If perhaps your married, a trip to Washington on the Brazos is a bonus. Especially when the bluebonnets are in bloom. It is about 60-70 miles northwest of H-town.
Most people don't realize that Houston is the fourth largest city in the U.S. And also the largest city in the South. I would recommend not driving during rush hour, morning or evening.
Good Luck if you visit my hometown.Take care and GOD bless!
Come see us soon!😍
Hopefully you know how to drive like a Houstonian when you come, or get ran off the road.
@@brandonthomas4175 sadly true & thank god for the speed limit to slow people down just a little bit. I swear if the speed limit didn't exist, people would drive between 60-100 mph ,on every road down here!!
Houston Rocks! I love this town.
I ride that hwy from hwy 6 to 610 west and vice versa after work. But I always use the toll or HOV because the traffic causes you such a delay. Usually travel time with peak traffic is 45 minutes. Without traffic 15 minutes.
Wow I forgot to add that my wife’s father was a hydraulic engineer during the design of that stretch of the freeway. Their job was to help with the design so that water wouldn’t puddle up on the freeway. Thanks for reading that and enjoy Houston. 🤘🏽
I can't believe a simple drive through Houston could cause such a diverse range of comments. 😆 Welcome to H-Town!!!
Awwww the crowds have been revived!
I live in Houston. I love it . I love the flea markets . It’s definitely my city .
Fun Fact: Houston is home to the most African American millionaires in the country. More African American millionaires live in Houston than all of New York and Los Angeles combined.
I’ve been living here all my life, and I never knew this fun fact of Houston having the widest freeway, & do not ride on the freeways here I take all the stop signs. I don’t feel safe in the freeways.
I love when he went on the "you in my hood dawg" rant. I was laughing. He knows whats up 🤣 glad you made a video about Houston!
Dont come to my hood dawg 😅🤣
I don’t know about the safe,polite driving here in Houston,there’s a lot of road rage here once you drive on them long enough you’ll see
Experience that just yesterday. Lol!
Its daily in south florida
im glad someone is dropping this video, i have panic attacks near everyday over this
Yup
Lived here all my life. The freeways scare me to death.
that construction through brookshire and sealy never ends. that been going on for ever. katy expanded so much that parts of katy are now considered brookshire
World's largest parking lot@ 5pm
I was born and raised in Houston they did nothing but build build build build build and expand all these freeways but yet still overcrowded and still no train system. that’s why I’m so glad I long left out of that madhouse place
I really enjoyed the video bro, I would like you upload more videos driving and at same time talking whatever topic you want, currently I’m improving my English listening!
Most of the travelers on the road in the video don't live anywhere near this downtown area. Most People live 30 to 70 miles away in the suburbs, so they drive anywhere from 60 to 140 miles total to work and back per day! Everything is bigger in Texas!
Can't blame em. So many people work in the petrochemical industry in that part of the country, and nobody want's to live close to those refineries and plants.
I think that's all in Texas. I live in the panhandle of Texas and either your job is 10 miles or 40 miles away
I live in Houston born and raised our traffic starts at 4:00 am ends at 11:00 am then stars back up at 12:30-1:00 o'clock and don't end till 7-8 at night. When here drive like us or get ran over on the highways it may say 60 MPH but we doing 70-80 MPH.
Houston driving is modest compared to other places
That traffic looks too much , even for me as a guy from Mumbai.
Appreciate the sun though, it's really a vibe.
Enjoyed the ride, big ups.
The 26 lanes inckude the service and tolls roads as well. Just an FYI. Its between 610 and the beltway. Thats the widest stretch.
I find it interesting myself, being a native Houstonian.
30 year resident from elsewhere. The problem with wide lanes is that eventually you have to drop them. And it doesn't really matter where you choose to drop the lane(s), that's where the traffic jam will have moved to. And when you build a new lane, suddenly, a bunch of land that had been too far out for development looks juicy to a developer. New neighborhood, traffic increases, they build more lanes. Wash, rinse, repeat.
Everything is bigger in Texas!
HOUSTON native! BIG... several skylines....Medical Center....Galleria.... LOVE the city!
From Western Nebr. Im ALWAYS drivn thru here to see relatives, friends, here in H-town, San Anton, Corpus Christi, & Harlingen, Mc Callen, day or night, and I jus love ITTTTTTT!!!!! For their are always functions, here in TEXAS, concerts, rodeos, train shows, ect even in the dead of winter, you never see that back home where I'm from, 😭. (And never get tired of it. I LOVE TEXAS, 💞💓😍 ITS A WHOLE OTHER WORLD)!!!👍
Miami has more buildings over 500 feet tall than Houston does. However, Miami's tallest building (Panorama tower at 869 feet in height) would be the 4th tallest building in Houston. The tallest build in Houston is JP Morgan Chase tower at 1,002 feet in height.
Y'all are enjoying yourselves traveling around the Country 👊🏽👍🏼
Thanks for sharing🤗
Hard work too
Too many people has moved to Houston and now traffic is horrible. When you use to zip around h-town in no time, but now ugh 😣
Hello Rene Robinson. How are you doing?
Welcome to Htown. We do things big here bro. Love my city AND state.
I miss my hometown so much. Can't wait to move back!
I'm from Houston Houston pretty much has three downtowns lol but I live 30 minutes away from Houston in Cleveland tx. Houston is upgrading everything to run down neighborhood's etc due to population increasing rapidly but at night looks totally different with all the lights but downtown looks even more amazing at night.
I had to laugh when I heard you say, "it's 3pm, I want to leave early to miss the traffic"
Btw, our service roads are called "feeders".
16:01 what a sweet Aston Martin DBX. Never actually seen one on the road. Beautiful vehicle
19:56 Oh My God, That Was A Very Close Call Right There. Bad Driver Alert!! I’ve Seen Much Worse On These Highways.
Damn this made me homesick living in California till my girl finish college then im moving back immediately
I rode on that highway last year. I'll be on it again in 3 weeks. It is an impressive and beautiful sight
Big city vibes
yea i drive from Katy i-10 into downtown everyday drivers have become very aggressive even with turn signals on refusing to let you over
@@ed9603 I'll be riding on it again in a couple weeks. It was better than trying to get around Orlando FL.
Thats nowhere near the widest stretch of highway in the world.I have been on highways in China over 50 lanes wide each direction. After I came back from China all I can think of is how petite and cute USA highways are and how few vehicles are on them. Everywhere is like driving in the countryside even in those highways that circle around major cities. You are never far away from a blade of grass or a tree in the usa. I lived in a building in China where from the roof all you could see around you is the tops of buildings as far as the eyes could see in all directions with no trees and no grass in sight for miles and miles and miles and it felt like it was like that no matter how many miles you went in any direction you could never find a single blade of grass or a single tree because its all packed with buildings and roads.
50 lanes of Honda civics... Ain't nothing to 26 Lanes of Texas Pickup Trucks and Candy Painted cars with Gorilla Poker 84s! KMSL 🤣
Have you seen Toronto scamcanada? They have new 401 with 8 lanes per side plus 2 collector lanes
What mount are you using?
The best barbecue in Texas is in Lockhart Texas. There's a place called Black's Barbecue and there's a place called Kreuz BBQ. I live in Houston and we got a lot of good barbecue spots but in Texas that's where I would say the best barbecue is. In Houston Hoots Smokehouse on Canal Street in East downtown. Best stuffed baked potato. They actually give you more meat than potato there LOL you should try it next time you come by. Good video, and I did like the fact that you got to experience or wonderful traffic jams LOL
Like the other guy said, I have driven this so much I feel like I could do it with my eyes closed. I remember my brother took a date driving the 610 loop to look at the night skyline. He was cheap lol.
And Houston drivers still manage to clog it up.
It's important to have a vehicle out here in Houston
People talking bout trains smh not in USA
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS 🤣😂
Any state toll have you been through .,... Enjoying your videos
I'm from Houston and can tell you... 26 lanes still isn't enough depending on what time of day it is. 😭
#FACTS Can turn into a parking lot real quick! 🤣
It's too many. Building more lanes makes traffic worse, not better. Cities need to be built for people, not cars, no ifs, no buts
This used to be 3 main lanes, 2 frontage, and 1 HOV each way. It would stay congested throughout the day outside of rush hours, worse than 610 Galleria or 290 at that time too. Now it’s only congested during rush hours.
Houston is a great city to live work and play in. I know the entire county like the back off hand. I could have taken you on a much better route and pointed out sights. The area you first hit traffic is rarely not busy. Next time you are here stay in a motel by the light rail and you can see a lot. Maybe catch a ball game and something to eat. Lots of great clubs, restaurants and shopping. Enjoy your tour. I live 1 block off the widest part of Katy Frwy and I sill love Houston.
At 26:50 into video you were in the exact middle of the widest part of Katy Frwy. Shorty after you started singing in Spanish. You would definitely like the diverse culture found in Houston.
NTX & SETX are madd interesting places in my home state of Texas, due to lower lower taxes and cheap living
"Incredible view of Downtown Texas" 😄👍
Thats it right there 😅🤣
I live in Houston, Tx. and even though Katy Frwy. has more lanes, still very congested.
Hey sir look if you pass the hospital tower in spring branch that is the memorial hermann and also the one next by the memorial hermann hospital there is mall is called memorial city mall.
Love my city.. Been in transportation here for almost 20 years and I'm a back street rider when it's traffic time other than that it's a big circle
Nice video lot more Houston freeways up there.
Visited Houston twice now and loved it
I've seen the top end perimeter in Atlanta some point is around 24 lanes across and still has orange barrels
True I have lived there off and on many years and still have been to other sides of towns.
I've been at houston and been on that highway, complicated lane changes.
Im born and raised definitely proud of this city, Houston has 3 skylines if remember he said the single building to the left that is Smith Tower at The Galleria, coming from 288 South, then the buildings in the middle that is The Medical Center with Reliant Stadium in sight aswell and the bigger set of the buildings to the right is Downtown Houston, depending on what over pass you are on, on 288 South you can get a perfect picture of the entire 3 Skyline. Remember if you are on 610 your on a loop if your on I-10 you will cut across the city, East to Louisiana and West will take you to Katy. Love the video 📹
What is the best time to drive on the Katy freeway with no traffic.
Like any city
Love houston 😍😍😍
I use to hate getting off work and driving in that traffic
I was born in Houston, and lived there for 40 years. I left in 2011 and have no desire to ever return...not even to visit family. It is nasty, overrun with crime, traffic is horrible.... life there is nothing like in the 70s-90s. Glad you got to see it, but I just can't bring myself to tell anyone that they really should visit Houston.
A place that big can burn you out
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS Yes, It's big, and lots of big crime. Just not the kind of stuff I want to be around. I am enjoying the peace and beauty of small town life in Texas now. No more hustle to get here or there. Life is good. 🙂
It isn't N.Y. or L.A.
@@madrecka that’s correct. It’s Houston.
@@LivingstonFishing Yep Houston is 2nd rate in my opinion to those World class cities.
Too flat and too humid.
I passed on HTown over 16 yrs ago....
Have u been to S California Compton or E los Angeles area
Not yet in our plans
Needed, because we have so many people in Houston.
I "learned" to drive in Houston. Now I live in Miami. Between the two places, I am now trained! 😳
Your in infant till you drive in NYC NJ area 😂
You might want to look up New Jersey Turnpike by Newark airport ... total of 14 lanes total.
Come to the oldest city in Texas Nacogdoches tx and has a major university and beautiful hills 👌
I will consider if I can
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS ok Thanks
these places are massive! .. lol.. so while houston has the widest frewwway .. austin sanantonio has the longest stretch of none stop urban area .. of over 200 miles and the largest gas station in the world 🌎... Have you lovely couple ever driven highway 8 to San Diego .. it's considered the deadliest highway in America .. especially if your traveling up the mountains to casinos.. but I truly loved it the scenery .. it's breath taking and nothing like the flat lands of Texas.. I miss it alreadyruclips.net/video/CJBPc1G9DsU/видео.html. ...@16:59.. highway 8 this is a classic example of tectonic plates colliding .. this is one tectonic plate pushing up on the western coast of California .. this happens over millions and millions of years as an entire continent only moves one inch a year
Houston really needs a subway system.
For what?
People in USA got trucks not trains
Can’t go underground here, unless you use submarines to get around!😂
It;s a Swamp.
@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS Traffic. Houston is a major metro area with millions of people, yet it's horrendously unwalkable, and it's public transportation system is terrible compared to other metro areas like Amsterdam or Melbourne. Houston keeps spending billions on freeway widening and road projects, yet traffic just becomes worse and worse. High time the city invests in some serious rail and BR, along with improvements to pedestrian & bicycle infrastructure and reform of land use laws (which, contrary to common misconception, do exist in Houston). Only then can you reduce traffic.
Houston is crazy large people a lot of clubs and bars and strips clubs also what we call strips like other cities but we have a lot of strips the o.s.t strip,the richmond strip, the westheimer strip, the washington avenue strip just a few that I use to roam so much to do in Houston with a large freeway system but traffic gets stupid