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3.0 Getting Around
Ever wonder what the big wide open lanes are for on the Tollway? Well it's for drivers with a TollTag. The TollTag allows you to pass through the tollgate without having to stop and pay. The TollTag is a transponder attached to your vehicle which communicates with a computer in the toll plazas. Every time you go through a plaza, the appropriate toll charge is deducted from an account you set up when applying for a TollTag. All active TollTags can be used on the Dallas North Tollway, President George Bush Turnpike, DFW Airport, Addison Airport Tunnel and Mountain Creek Lake Bridge. Future NTTA projects will also accommodate the use of TollTags. You must maintain a prepaid account to cover tolls for the use of your TollTag. You will pay $40 when you submit your TollTag application for up to three tags. Each time your Tag passes through an operating toll lane, we will deduct the applicable toll from your account. TollTag users save 20 - 25% in toll fees by using the automated system. Visit the NTTA for more information. Call Customer Service: TollTag Store * Store Hours: Mailing Address: TollTag Customer Center * Store Hours: Saturday - CITY OF ALLEN CITY OF COPPELL CITY OF DUNCANVILLE CITY OF FARMERS BRANCH CITY OF FRISCO CITY OF LANCASTER CITY OF LEWISVILLE CITY OF LITTLE ELM CITY OF PLANO CITY OF RICHARDSON CITY OF ROCKWALL CITY OF SACHSE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK by MLOK5 edited by fourboxers Dallas and Ft. Worth linked by I-20, which is the southern route, and I-30, generally the more useful road for visitors because many tourist destinations are in the northern part of town. There are three tollways in the Dallas area: the Dallas North Tollway, running from I-35E north of downtown into Collin County to the north; George Bush Turnpike (State Highway 190), an east-west route in the area's northern suburbs; and Mountain Creek Bridge, in southwestern Dallas County. Three major expressways, I-30, I-35, and I-635, have High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes for vehicles with two or more occupants. Though the highway number designations are easy to find on a map, many of these thoroughfares are also known and referred to locally by name, which can make getting directions somewhat confusing. For example, Route 183, which leads to the south entrance of DFW Airport, is often referred to as Airport Freeway, and U.S. 75 is known to locals as Central Expressway. Dallas is circled by the I-635 ring road, known as LBJ Freeway; Fort Worth is looped by I-820. Common Names for Freeways Dallas North Tollway = Dallas Parkway N I-35 = Stemmons Freeway S I-35 = R.L. Thornton Fwy (south of Downtown) I-45 = Julius Schepps Fwy TX 183 = Airport Freeway West I-30 = Tom Landry Hwy, The Old Turnpike, East I-30 = R.L. Thornton Fwy (as you pass Downtown Dallas) I-635 = LBJ Freeway SH 190 = George Bush US 75 = Central Expressway SH 289 = Preston Road TX 114 = John Carpenter Freeway TX 121 = Airport Freeway US 67 = Marvin D. Love Freeway West segment of Loop 12 = Walton Walker TX 360 = Angus G. Wynne Freeway US 175 = S.M. Wright Freeway I-820 = Jim Wright Freeway Texas Spur 366 = Woodall Rogers Freeway Texas Spur 408 = Patriot Parkway Texas Spur 482 = Storey Lane The speed limit in Texas is 70 mph. By Texas law, drivers and front-seat passengers must wear seat belts. Children under 17 must wear a seat belt at all times, whether seated in the front or back. Children under age four or less than 36 inches tall must ride in a federally approved child safety seat. Motorcyclists under age 21 must wear a helmet at all times; motorcyclists age 21 and over are not required to wear helmets if they have proof of insurance valued over $10,000 or proof of completion of a motorcycle operations course. by MLOK5 edited by JMartin The mass transit system in the DFW area is reasonably new and won't get you everywhere you want to go, but there's a lot of information on the DART website including a "how to get from here to there" lookup. Visit DART for more info. by JMartin WFAA has a nice map (zoomable) of DFW that is kept updated. They also have links to many other traffic related websites. Additional maps that do not require registration, courtesy of flarn : Dallas Area and Ft. Worth Area traffic reports. by flarn edited by 2kmaro There are a number of cameras that can be viewed to see what traffic is like on the roads (mainly freeways). You can also see what the big signs over the freeways and major roads have on them. The cameras cover Dallas, Fort Worth and the HighFive in Dallas is streaming video. Traffic Camera full list: »dfwtraffic.dot.state.tx. ··· 27%29%3B by flarn edited by lilhurricane Since the High Five is under construction, this will enable you to click on dates for maps showing the area affected. by flarn edited by JMartin |