{"id":435493,"date":"2026-09-14T11:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T11:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/435493\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T11:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T11:20:10","slug":"poll-what-lanes-should-austin-add-to-ease-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/435493\/","title":{"rendered":"POLL: What lanes should Austin add to ease traffic?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Austin’s population continues to grow, so does the strain on its roadways, prompting city and state transportation officials to weigh new options for easing traffic congestion.<\/p>\n

Among the ideas being discussed are HOV, or carpool, lanes, which reward drivers with multiple passengers with a faster route; toll lanes, which charge a fee for quicker, less congested travel; and simply adding more open lanes available to all drivers.<\/p>\n

We want to hear from you: What lanes should Austin add to ease traffic?<\/p>\n

ALSO | TxDOT bets on new HOV lanes in multibillion-dollar I-35 Austin rebuild: The Receipts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Austin’s population continues to grow, so does the strain on its roadways, prompting city and state transportation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-435493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}