Isikhokelo seNewcomer yokuqhuba eGoli

Kwabanye abantu abasandul 'ukuhamba, ukuqhuba e-Houston kungancinci. Ukubeka eceleni ubukhulu becala besixeko sine sibini esikhulu, iindwendwe ezininzi okanye ukutshintshwa kwangoko kutshatyalaliswa yi-Houston yenkcubeko yokuqhubela phambili enobugqubutha kunye nolwimi oluqhelekileyo lwezithuthi. Ingaba uhlala kwisixeko usuku okanye iminyaka elishumi, nakhu iziphakamiso zokukunceda uhambe ngeHotston ngokukhawuleza nangokukhuselekileyo.

• 01 ngo 07

  Funda iiNicknamames

  Ukuba uvela kwisixeko okanye ilizwe elibhekiselele ezindleleni ngeenombolo kunye nezikhokelo zamakhadidi (ukuqala kwe-I-35 North), usenokuba uvuselelekile. Uninzi lweendlela eziphambili zaseHouston zinama-nicknames, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha lawo magama ahluke, kuxhomekeke kwiyiphi inxalenye yendlela ohamba ngayo oya kuyo. Inokudideka - ingakumbi xa igama liquka isikhokelo sekhadidi. "E-Eastbound South Loop West" into eyiyo apha eHouston.

  Nantsi isikhokelo sokubakhokela ngokukhawuleza:

  • "I-Katy Freeway" ibhekisela kwinxalenye ye-I-10 engasentshona ye-I-45. Empuma, yaziwa ngokuba yi "Baytown East Freeway."
  • "I-Free-Free Freeway" inxalenye ye-US 59 ephantsi kwe-I-45. Umntla we-I-45, ubizwa ngokuba yi "Eastex Freeway."
  • I-610 yaziwa ngokuba yi "610 Loop" okanye "Inner Loop," kwaye iphulwe ngokusasazeka ngokuxhomekeke kwindawo yendawo. Ngokomzekelo, "iNorop Loop," yinxalenye ye-610 ephakathi kweNdlela ye-Highway 290 kunye ne-Highway 90 ngasentla ngasentla, kunye "neNorth Loop West" ngokukhethekileyo ilula phakathi kwe-290 no-I-45.
  • I-State Highway eBeltway 8, eyaziwa ngokuba yi "Sam Houston Parkway" (ukuba ungowokutya) okanye "iSam Houston Tollway" (ukuba uhamba kwindlela) u "Outer Loop" malunga nomzi. Njengo-I-610, ikwaphulwa kwakhona kwiinkcukacha ngokubhekiselele kwindawo ohlala kuyo, "iWest Belt," njl njl

• 02 we-07

  Yazi I-Deal ne-Feeders

  Ininzi ephuma emigwaqweni yaseHouston iya kukulahla kwizinto ezibizwa ngokuba "iindlela zokutya." Ezi ndlela zendlela ezihamba ngokukhawuleza zihamba ngendlela ehamba phambili kunye nokubonelela ngokulula ukufikelela kwindlela ehamba phambili, kunye nezitratato ezincinci. Kwezinye iidolophu banokuthiwa "iindlela ezihamba phambili" okanye "iindlela zenkonzo," kodwa ezo ziqhelekileyo iindlela ezimbini, iindlela zendlela emibini, kanti i-roader ehambayo iyona ndlela inyanisekileyo kunye neendlela ezininzi.

  Ezinye izinto ukugcina engqondweni malunga nabaxhasi:

  • I-GPS yakho inokungaqondi ukuba yintoni. Nangona uphuma ngexesha elifanelekileyo, i-GPS yakho ingacinga ukuba usesemgwaqweni omkhulu kwaye uzame ukubuyisela kwakhona. Qinisekisa ukuba ujonge phambili kwikhompyutheni ukuze ungaphoswa ixesha lakho. Ngenxa yokuba i-feeders yindlela enye, ukujika okungahambiyo ngenxa yokuba i-GPS yakho "yokuphindaphinda" ingathetha umzuzu we-10-15.
  • Imizila ye-U-Turn yinto enhle. Xa usondela kwi-stoplight ngelixa usondeza, ungabona ii-2-3 zokujika. Umzila ongasekhohlo osekude uhlala u-U-turn turn and is a handy if you need to return to the feeder ukuya kwelinye icala.
  • Phuma kusasa njengoko unokufuna ukudibanisa iindlela eziliqela . Akuqhelekanga kwindlela yokutya eHouston ukuba ibe neendlela ezine. Ukuphuma kuya kukushiya kwicala elingakwesokunxele, ngoko ukuba ufuna ukujika ngokukhawuleza, phuma kusenokwenzeka ukuze unike ixesha elaneleyo lokudibanisa. Okwangoku, abanye abaqhubi banokuzama ukudibanisa kwisikhokelo sakho ukufikelela kwi-ramp.

• 03 we-07

  Fumana i-EZ Tag

  Kungaba nzima ukufika naphi na ngaphandle kwesixeko ngaphandle kokusebenzisa enye yeendlela zeRoston. Ukufumana i-EZ Tag yindlela efanelekileyo yokuqinisekisa ukuba awufumani ukulibazisa okanye ukuloba eseleyo kubakhenkethi bakho beenguqu.

  I-Tag Tag isitiki kunye ne-chip ehlanganisiweyo ekhuluma nenqila yokubhalwa kwamaxesha onke xa udlula. Ixabiso lexabiso liya kutsalwa kwi-akhawunti ehlawulwa ngaphambili.

  Kwendawo, i-EZ Tag kufuneka. Akukuvumeli kuphela ukuba usebenzise ii-EZ eziqhelekileyo ezithe tye kwiindlela zendlela, kodwa nakwezinye iindlela, njenge-Westpark Tollway ne-Katy Tollway, kuphela wamukela iintlawulo nge-Tag Tag.

  Ezinye izinto ezibalulekileyo ukwazi malunga neZE Tags:

  • Unokucela i-EZ Tag kwi-website ye-Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA) kwiwebhusayithi, ngefowuni (281-875-3279) okanye ngokuya kwisitolo se-Tag Tag yezitena kunye nomdaka. Iimpawu zokuqala ezintathu zi-$ 15 nganye, kwaye yonke iteksi emva koko i-$ 10. Kudingeka idiphozithi engaphantsi kokuhlawulwa eyi-$ 40.
  • Ungasetha iakhawunti yakho ukuze idibaniswe nebhanki okanye iakhawunti yekhadi lekhredithi ukuze ilayishwe ngokuzenzekelayo ngemali ebekelwe ngaphambili xa ibhalansi ifika phantsi. Okanye ungabhalisela i-BancPass EZ Tag, kwaye kunokuba ulayishe kwakhona ngokuzenzekelayo, uyaziswa xa ibhalansi iphantsi. Ukuba ufuna ukuphinda ulayishe kwakhona, ungenza oko ngokuya kwi-HEB okanye kwi-CVS, okanye ngokuya kwi-intanethi.
  • I-Tag Tag iyahambelana neTexTag yeTexTag yaseTexas (esebenzisa e-Austin) kunye ne-North Texas Toll Authority (NTTA) iTollTag (esetyenziswe kwiDallas), ngoko ke ukuba uhamba kuloo mizi, ungasebenzisa iindwendwe zabo zetekisi kuphela uthanda apha eHouston.

• 04 we-07

  Jonga iMozulu

  Ukulungisa isivinini sakho nokuphakamisa ukuqonda kwakho kwabanye abashayeli kuyindlela elungileyo-kungakhathaliseki ukuba imimoya ifana njani. Nangona kunjalo, iHouston ineengxaki ezithile.

  Ezi zinto zizinto ezibalulekileyo ukugcina engqondweni:

  • Khangela umkhukula. Xa kunisa imvula ngexesha elifutshane, amanzi angasasaza kunye nabasondezayo, kwiindawo zokuhamba / ezikhuphekileyo kunye nakwelula kwendlela yokuhamba, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha kunzima ukuxelela ukuba amanzi aphantsi kangakanani. Ukuba awukwazi, musa ukubeka ingozi kuyo. Ukuba awukwazi ukuhamba malunga nommandla okhukhulayo, jikela (ukuba kunokwenzeka) okanye udonsa, uze uncede uncedo.
  • Yilungiselele ukulibaziseka . Ngethuba leentsuku, kukho iziganeko ezithintela izithuthi, ngokukodwa kwimigwaqo esele ikhutshwe njenge-Highway 290. Xa iimozulu ibuhlungu, kunjalo, unokwenza ibhanki ngokufuna ixesha elide lokuhamba kwakho.
  • Jonga abo baqhubi abangatshintshi ukuqhuba kwabo kwiimeko. Ngaphandle kwimozulu yezulu, abaqhubi abaninzi abanciphisi isivinini sabo okanye ithowuni phantsi kweendlela zokuqhubela umqhubi. Zinike (kunye nabo) indawo eninzi, kwaye qiniseka ukuba wehlisa isivinini sakho.

• 05 we-07

  Thatha iKlasi eLawulayo yokuLayela

  Ukuqhuba umqhubi ngokukrakra ngokuqinisekileyo akukodwa kwii-Houstonians, kodwa benza ubugcisa balo. Akuqhelekanga ukuba abantu bayeke ukusebenzisa izibonakaliso zabo zokubakho ukwesaba ukuba ukwenza njalo kuya kubangela abanye abaqhubi ukuba baqhube kwaye bawavimbele ekuhlanganiseni. Ngokufanayo, indawo eqhelekileyo ukubonela abaqhubi ukuba baqhube indlela yabo okanye bangaphandle kwindlela yokuphuma kuphela ngenxa yokuba balinde de kube ngowesibini wokugqibela ukudibanisa.

  Ukuba noqeqesho oluncinane kumaqhinga okuqhuba ngokuzikhusela kunokukunceda ukuba uphendule ngokukhuselekileyo kubanye abaqhubi bakho. Ibhonasi, ukuba ufumana ithikithi yendlela yokuhamba e-Houston, iklasi yokuqhuba ngokukhuseleka inokukunceda ukuyixotha.

  Inani leendawo kulo lonke isixeko libonelela ngekhompyutheni nakwiikhosi zabantu. Unokufumana enye kufuphi nawe ngokutyelela: defensivedriving.org.

  Iingcebiso ezimbalwa ezifanelekileyo zibandakanya:

  • Cwangcisa ukuba ungene ekhompheni yakho ngaphambi kokuphuma. Uninzi lwezithuthi ezithintekayo kwiidolophu ziye zine-gridlock engama-engama-engama-engama-engama-engama-engama-angama-engama-engaphezulu. Musa ukuba "loo mntu" edibeneyo ngomzuzu wokugqibela!
  • "Iliso kwisibuko, unyawo ukuba udibanise." Zama ukungena kumkhwa wokujonga imva yakho yangaphambili ngaphambi kokubetha amabheki. Abaninzi base-Houstoni babecinga ukuba isiqingatha-sesibini sibanga ukuhamba ukuba kube yinto eqhelekileyo, okanye baya kukhangela ukugcina abanye bahlangane phambi kwabo.
  • Jonga iifomati ezibuhlungu kunye neefowuni zeefowuni zikhupha okanye zifake kwiindlela zazo. I-Texas idlulisele ukuthunyelwa kwemiyalezo-ngexesha lokuqhuba ukuqhubela phambili, kodwa abaninzi abaqhubi bathabatha ifowuni yabo ngelixa behamba. Jonga ukujonga abaqhubi abanokuqwalaselwa phantsi kwifowuni yabo kunokuba bajikeleze.

• 06 we-07

  Uhlahlo lwabiwo lwexesha-kwaye emva koko luBini

  Houston mkhulu. Indawo yesithili esisibhozo esineenkomfa ihlanganisa ii-8,778 iekhilomitha eziqhelekileyo-indawo enkulu kunokuba i-New Jersey. I-610 Loop yedwa ingama-42 ubude ubude, kwaye i-Beltway 8 ingamaekhilomitha ezili-88 ubude. Akumangalisi ukuba ukufumana indawo eHouston kuthatha ixesha.

  Ezinye izinto oza kuziqwalasela xa ubalwa ixesha eliza kuyimfuneko:

  • Imizuzu embalwa inokwenza ihlabathi lahluke . Ukushiya ngo-4:55 PM kunokukhawulela imizuzu engama-20 kwixesha lakho lokuqhuba ukuba kuthetha ukuba ungaphumelela kwindlela yokuhamba ngaphambi kokuba abantu behla. Ngenxa yoko, abaninzi base-Houstoni bakhetha ezinye iishedyuli zomsebenzi - ezihamba phambili okanye ezishiya emva kwexesha-nokuba ziyakwazi ukuphepha ukuhamba kweyona ndlela.
  • Akukho nto enjengokuthi "ukuhamba ngokuthe tye" eHouston. Nangona ukuphambana neendlela zisoloko zibi kakhulu, unokulindela ukulibaziseka ngexesha lexesha lokukhawuleza, ngokukodwa kwiintlangano ezinkulu ezifana ne-I-10 kunye ne-45 okanye kwi-US-59 no-45.
  • Yilondoloze ixesha lakho lexesha elixhasayo ... uze udibanise imizuzu eyi-10 ukuya kuphephe. Nangona ixesha elide ucinga ukuba liya kuthatha ukuya kwindawo ethile, mhlawumbi kuthatha ixesha elide. Nangona uqikelele ixesha lakho lokuqhuba usebenzisa i-GPS, awukwazi ukuba yikuphi ukulibaziseka okunokuvela kwindlela.
  • Qaphela ukuma kwe-street-and-go. Unokwazi ukukhupha iikhilomitha ezimbalwa ngaphantsi komgwaqo ongasemva kwimizuzu embalwa, kodwa ukuba kufuneka uqhube kwizitrato ezisecaleni, uthi, iMontrose okanye iiHighters , lungele ulandele ixesha elide lokulinda kwiimpawu zokuyeka.

• 07 we-07

  Okokugqibela, Musa ukulibala "I-Wave"

  Ama-Houstoni angase abe nobudlova okanye abanesifo sengqondo endleleni, kodwa ababi. Ukuba omnye umqhubi uvumela ukuba udibanise phambi kwabo, kuyinto yesiko ukuvuma ukuzinika kwabo ngomsindo wesandla kunye nokumomotheka kwisibuko esilandelayo.

  Emva kwakho konke, iHouston ingaba yidolophu enkulu, kodwa imithetho yaseMzantsi yaseKhabhinethi isasebenza.