In my experience, 45 Northbound from downtown to Beltway 8 (at least) is stop-and-go from 4pm to 7pm on work days.MasterOfNone wrote:Houston locals, I seek your traffic advice. Heading back to Dallas, would it be better to leave immediately after the conference or hang around a couple hours and leave later? I have no idea how Houston traffic is, but I'd rather not sit idling in a log jam on the highway for hours.
Houston TranStar has a realtime map if you want to preview your route during rush hour Monday to get an idea.
Or monitor while you eat dinner Friday until it clears.
http://traffic.houstontranstar.org