Plans advancing for a proposed passenger rail to link OKC with surrounding towns and cities

The Oklahoman

By Steve Lackmeyer

August 9. 2021

As an attorney who often appears in court, Matthew Allen sometimes leaves his Norman home an hour early just to ensure rush hour traffic along Interstate 35 doesn’t delay his appearance at hearings in downtown Oklahoma City.

“I can’t be late,” Allen explains. “I’ve never figured out a consistent time to leave Norman and get downtown between 8 and 8:15. Traffic is just too inconsistent; I leave my house at 6:30 just to avoid it.”

First year law student Max Federman spent this summer making the daily trek between his home in north Oklahoma City and the University of Oklahoma. He is not looking forward to continuing the commute over the next three years.

“It’s at least a 40-minute commute,” Federman said. “My classes this summer were usually at 10:30 in the morning. I can get stuck in traffic, easily, for an hour. And I could drive the same length back home from 4:30 to 6.”

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