El Paso sits at one of the most unique intersections of geography, climate, and traffic patterns in the United States.
Wedged between the Franklin Mountains and the Rio Grande, with the sprawling Juárez metro area immediately across the border, El Paso’s road network channels an enormous amount of daily traffic through a relatively constrained number of major corridors.
Mesa Street, Montana Avenue, I-10, and US-54 carry the city’s commuter load through conditions that combine desert heat, frequent signal stops, border crossing congestion, and the kind of slow, brake-heavy traffic that punishes fuel-inefficient vehicles every single day…