Transportation
Great News, Lubbock: TxDOT is Rebuilding the Slide Road Bridge, and They Promise It Won’t Help Traffic At All
Dust off your favorite steering-wheel-gripping curse words, because the Texas Department of Transportation has announced that the South Loop 289 bridge over Slide Road has…
Yoakum County Reminder: Stop Signs and Seatbelts Are Apparently Just Polite Suggestions
Another day, another catastrophic reminder that West Texas drivers treat basic traffic laws like software…
FM 1585 Claims More Victims Because Who Needs Safe Infrastructure When We Have Another Car Wash To Build?
Welcome back to another edition of “Surviving the Lubbock Asphalt Lottery.” On Thursday morning, the…
Mother Nature Spits on US 84, Semi-Truck Responds with Fatal Gymnastics
Welcome to West Texas, where a mere suggestion of rain instantly transforms our highways into…
Hub City Navy: Driver Tries to Ford a River on Cesar Chavez Drive, Triggers Actual Dive Team Rescue
It’s early June, which means Lubbock has received its annual allotment of atmospheric moisture—a whopping…
Driven to Destitution: We’re Swimming in Permian Basin Oil, So Why is Filling Up the Tank Costing Us a Kidney?
Welcome to West Texas, where a casual 90-mile daily commute is considered a “beautiful drive”…
Mission Accomplished: Lubbock’s Genius Strategy to Ensure Our Roads Still Flood Anyway
Great news, Lubbockites! City Hall has been working tirelessly on “years of planning” to fix…
Lubbock Garbage Truck Flips Directly in Front of ‘Crash Champions’ Because of Course It Did
On Monday morning around 10:30 a.m., a City of Lubbock garbage truck apparently decided it…
Indiana Avenue Commute Turns Into a High-Stakes Demolition Derby Because Merging is Hard
Ah, Indiana Avenue at 5:30 p.m.—a dystopian hellscape of loop traffic spillover and drivers who…
Great News, Commuters: Broadway Is Getting Torn Up For Two Years (And It’s Already Over Budget!)
Lubbock has finally decided to solve our city’s most pressing crisis: having a street with…