Transportation

Street System

West Tate Street which extends from Old Robinson Road to Hoffmeyer Drive is mainly affected by Robinson High School and surrounding residential area traffic volumes. This street is considered a neighborhood collector. Data received from monitoring for a 24-hour period exhibited a 32.65 mph speed, an average of 1,674.75 trips/day, a low of 1,076 trips/day, and a high of 1,676 trips/day.

Old Robinson Road extends from State Highway 6/Loop 340 to U.S. Highway 77 south of Moonlight Drive and is categorized as a neighborhood collector. This roadway parallels U.S. Highway 77 and provides services to residential subdivisions. Data received from monitoring for a 24-hour period exhibited a 33.7 mph speed, an average of 1,734.21 trips/day, a low of 1,514.36 trips/day, and a high of 1,913.43 trips/day.

West Lyndale Drive extends westward from U.S. Highway 77 to its termination at the Robinson Independent School District property and is categorized as a neighborhood collector. This roadway provides service to government offices, restaurants, residential homes and schools. Data received from monitoring for a 24-hour period exhibited a 28.7 mph speed, an average of 1,866 trips/day, a low of 1,699 trips/day, and a high of 2,033 trips/day.

Peplow Drive extends from U.S. Highway 77 to Old Robinson Road and is categorized as a neighborhood collector. It provides connection to commercial and public uses (schools). Data received from monitoring for a 24-hour period exhibited a 34.8 mph speed, an average of 1,745 trips/day, a low of 1,618 trips/day, and a high of 1,950 trips/day.

Rosenthal Parkway extends from U.S. Highway 77 to just west of Hillside Drive and is categorized as a residential collector. It provides collection from primarily farmsteads and residential land uses. Data received from monitoring for a 24-hour period exhibited a 58.7 mph speed, an average of 528.50 trips/day, a low of 509 trips/day, and a high of 549.50 trips/day.

West Moonlight Drive extends from U.S. Highway 77 to just west of Surrey Ridge Road and is categorized as a neighborhood collector. It provides collection from primarily farmsteads and residential land uses. West Moonlight Drive provides access to Interstate Highway 35 to the west of the City of Robinson. Data received from monitoring for a 24-hour period exhibited a 55.95 mph speed, an average of 1,897 trips/day, a low of 1,869 trips/day, and a high of 1,925.50 trips/day.

State Highway 6/Loop 340 exhibits varying traffic data in two distinct sections within the City of Robinson. The first section from U.S. Highway 77 to Interstate Highway 35 to the west provides traffic support and access for commercial land uses and vacant tracts in the Cities of Robinson and Waco. This section also provides for access into the City of Robinson onto U.S. Highway 77 and southward. Data received from monitoring for a 24-hour period exhibited a 64.6 mph speed, an average of 19,551 trips/day, a low of 18,125 trips/day, and a high of 20,978 trips/day. The second section of State Highway 6/Loop 340 to the east extends from U.S. Highway 77 to South 12th Street. It provides traffic support and access to large tracts of vacant land and commercial land uses. Data received from monitoring for a 24-hour period exhibited a 68.2 mph speed, an average of 6,743 trips/day, a low of 6,105 trips/day, and a high of 7,382 trips/day.

U.S. Highway 77 (Robinson Drive) extends from Brewster Drive to just south of Old Robinson Road at the Robinson city limit line. This roadway is considered an arterial street that collects traffic from residential, office, commercial, governmental and public land uses. Data received from monitoring for a 24-hour period exhibited a 50.33 mph speed, an average of 6,800 trips/day, a low of 7,537.75 trips/day, and a high of 7,556.25 trips/day.

The City of Robinson corporate boundary maintains a majority of its frontage along Interstate Highway 35. This interstate section extends from Surrey Ridge Road to State Highway 6/Loop 340. It provides access into the City of Robinson via State Highway 6/Loop 340 and U.S. Highway 77 and collects traffic from commercial, and vacant land uses. According to the Texas Department of Transportation 2010 traffic counts, Interstate Highway 35 at its intersection with State Highway 6/Loop 340 exhibited 77,000 trips/day. This traffic count has increased 8,010 since the year 2005. Traffic speed data from 2000 indicate an 85th percentile speed of 55 mph and top speed of 58 mph in a northbound direction. The southbound data indicates an 85th percentile speed of 56 mph and a top speed of 70 mph.

Waco Transit System

The Waco Transit System provides transit services to the immediate Waco area and surrounding communities. The transit services that effect the City of Robinson is a fixed route bus service that works as a flag stop system. There are designated stops for all routes and vehicles may be flagged for a stop at most places along the route. To "flag" a bus for a ride, the resident must position themselves on the correct side of the street well before any major intersection. Then attempt to make eye contact with the driver and wave your arm up arm up and down (not like a hello wave). If safe, the bus operator will stop the vehicle as close to your location as possible. Operators are instructed NOT to stop for citizens on the opposite side of the street, along busy highways or near congested intersections.

Air Service

Locally, the city is served by the Waco Regional Airport, General Aviation / Texas State Technical College (TSTC), and McGregor Municipal Airport. Waco Regional is served by American Eagle for passenger service. The Dallas-Fort Worth International and Austin-Bergstrom International airports are both located within a 90 minute drive of Robinson. For more information please look at the table below.

*data from GlobalAir.com