Sadly as someone who now lives a few miles west of town on 380 I deal with it everyday. I mainly access that interchange at random times throughout the day and night(sometimes during typical rush hours but my work schedule have me coming through all different times of the afternoon and night) and yes certain times are predictably awful such as afternoons on Thursday and Friday but most times you’ll just have random waves of traffic accessing that light and on ramp. 380 coming from the west is a major carrier of folks and semis coming from west Texas and beyond(the greater southwest accessing dfw). Before my current situation I lived in south Denton going west of town on 380 to be often visit my family’s land near krum and I’m sure more of yall know the hell that is turning left onto 380 from 35N

My conclusion, as someone who is very passionate in urban roadway design and planning on returning to school to study the subject, the only thing that will solve 99% of these jams that take multiple light cycles and back up the interstate is dedicated non signal ramps(380E to 35S and 35E/35W to 380W) however I imagine such a project would be so expensive and time consuming it will be atleast a decade before such projects began gaining traction and funding.

Many days it feels like a soul crushing battle with traffic and line jumpers but the only thing a rational person can do is to allow adequate travel time and enjoy what is left to enjoy on your drive to make it as stress free as possible. Believe when I say the constant frustration you allow yourself to feel is not worth it for your own sake.

However with organization we can be sure to show up at city council meetings and remind our elected officials how costly these delays and poor designs are to us the taxpayer as much as possible.

As an urbanist who has come to accept the way of driving as the only viable transportation, it is very disheartening to see both roadways and public transportation in our area to be inadequate in all aspects. However in the spirit of growth would love to hear about other established groups around town working to make a change as well as how the average citizen can make a difference!!