Widening 355 in MoCo

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As long as we get interchanges on 355 from the exit at the Beltway up through Urbana.

Again, what will happen to the thousands of businesses and residences that currently line this roadway?

I don't care. I just want a limited access highway from the Beltway up to Urbana.

Trolls going to troll, I guess.

270 and 355 are critically important pieces of road infrastructure for the county. At minimum it should not be controversial to widen 270 and also maintain the current number of 355 travel lanes. If you actually cared about the residents and businesses, that is.

Not even a troll? But go off I guess. You know nothing of infrastructure or how roads are built, you can add a lane, build interchanges and keep the businesses there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As long as we get interchanges on 355 from the exit at the Beltway up through Urbana.

Again, what will happen to the thousands of businesses and residences that currently line this roadway?

I don't care. I just want a limited access highway from the Beltway up to Urbana.

Trolls going to troll, I guess.

270 and 355 are critically important pieces of road infrastructure for the county. At minimum it should not be controversial to widen 270 and also maintain the current number of 355 travel lanes. If you actually cared about the residents and businesses, that is.

Not even a troll? But go off I guess. You know nothing of infrastructure or how roads are built, you can add a lane, build interchanges and keep the businesses there.

I’m not sure you’ve even been to Maryland. But go off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As long as we get interchanges on 355 from the exit at the Beltway up through Urbana.

Again, what will happen to the thousands of businesses and residences that currently line this roadway?

I don't care. I just want a limited access highway from the Beltway up to Urbana.

Trolls going to troll, I guess.

270 and 355 are critically important pieces of road infrastructure for the county. At minimum it should not be controversial to widen 270 and also maintain the current number of 355 travel lanes. If you actually cared about the residents and businesses, that is.

But they are widening only the already widest parts of the highway. It is just a few exits worth. HOV2 users lose their access during rush hour. Everyone loses free access to those lanes outside of rush hour. The free lanes are losing the shoulder. We are also losing the lanes they just added by restriping the existing area. The current plan is just a bad one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As long as we get interchanges on 355 from the exit at the Beltway up through Urbana.

Again, what will happen to the thousands of businesses and residences that currently line this roadway?

I don't care. I just want a limited access highway from the Beltway up to Urbana.

You’re in luck, because there already is one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As long as we get interchanges on 355 from the exit at the Beltway up through Urbana.

Again, what will happen to the thousands of businesses and residences that currently line this roadway?

I don't care. I just want a limited access highway from the Beltway up to Urbana.

Trolls going to troll, I guess.

270 and 355 are critically important pieces of road infrastructure for the county. At minimum it should not be controversial to widen 270 and also maintain the current number of 355 travel lanes. If you actually cared about the residents and businesses, that is.

It is controversial because widening the road is a waste of money and doesn't address the problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As long as we get interchanges on 355 from the exit at the Beltway up through Urbana.

Again, what will happen to the thousands of businesses and residences that currently line this roadway?

I don't care. I just want a limited access highway from the Beltway up to Urbana.

Trolls going to troll, I guess.

270 and 355 are critically important pieces of road infrastructure for the county. At minimum it should not be controversial to widen 270 and also maintain the current number of 355 travel lanes. If you actually cared about the residents and businesses, that is.

It is controversial because widening the road is a waste of money and doesn't address the problem.

What do you think the problem is?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As long as we get interchanges on 355 from the exit at the Beltway up through Urbana.

Again, what will happen to the thousands of businesses and residences that currently line this roadway?

I don't care. I just want a limited access highway from the Beltway up to Urbana.

You’re in luck, because there already is one.

Which road???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As long as we get interchanges on 355 from the exit at the Beltway up through Urbana.

Again, what will happen to the thousands of businesses and residences that currently line this roadway?

I don't care. I just want a limited access highway from the Beltway up to Urbana.

Trolls going to troll, I guess.

270 and 355 are critically important pieces of road infrastructure for the county. At minimum it should not be controversial to widen 270 and also maintain the current number of 355 travel lanes. If you actually cared about the residents and businesses, that is.

It is controversial because widening the road is a waste of money and doesn't address the problem.

What do you think the problem is?

Too many people dependent on single occupancy vehicles. Maryland needs to invest in serious mass transit to connect Frederick to DC; Columbia to DC and the intermediate areas like Silver Spring, Bethesda, Rockville etc. Building more roads leads to having more cars sitting in the traffic they create. If the goal is to move people, then build infrastructure that does that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As long as we get interchanges on 355 from the exit at the Beltway up through Urbana.

Again, what will happen to the thousands of businesses and residences that currently line this roadway?

I don't care. I just want a limited access highway from the Beltway up to Urbana.

You’re in luck, because there already is one.

Which road???

Are you a time traveler from the past? Have you looked at a map published since 1970?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As long as we get interchanges on 355 from the exit at the Beltway up through Urbana.

Again, what will happen to the thousands of businesses and residences that currently line this roadway?

I don't care. I just want a limited access highway from the Beltway up to Urbana.

Trolls going to troll, I guess.

270 and 355 are critically important pieces of road infrastructure for the county. At minimum it should not be controversial to widen 270 and also maintain the current number of 355 travel lanes. If you actually cared about the residents and businesses, that is.

It is controversial because widening the road is a waste of money and doesn't address the problem.

What do you think the problem is?

Too many people dependent on single occupancy vehicles. Maryland needs to invest in serious mass transit to connect Frederick to DC; Columbia to DC and the intermediate areas like Silver Spring, Bethesda, Rockville etc. Building more roads leads to having more cars sitting in the traffic they create. If the goal is to move people, then build infrastructure that does that.

Your problem is that this infrastructure is successful. Successful infrastructure is infrastructure that people use. Expanding capacity means that more people can use it. Building more roads leads to more people being able to get where they want to go to engage in important economic activity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As long as we get interchanges on 355 from the exit at the Beltway up through Urbana.

Again, what will happen to the thousands of businesses and residences that currently line this roadway?

I don't care. I just want a limited access highway from the Beltway up to Urbana.

Trolls going to troll, I guess.

270 and 355 are critically important pieces of road infrastructure for the county. At minimum it should not be controversial to widen 270 and also maintain the current number of 355 travel lanes. If you actually cared about the residents and businesses, that is.

It is controversial because widening the road is a waste of money and doesn't address the problem.

What do you think the problem is?

Too many people dependent on single occupancy vehicles. Maryland needs to invest in serious mass transit to connect Frederick to DC; Columbia to DC and the intermediate areas like Silver Spring, Bethesda, Rockville etc. Building more roads leads to having more cars sitting in the traffic they create. If the goal is to move people, then build infrastructure that does that.

Most people, such as yourself, who say ‘build more public transportation’ are the ones who would stay in their cars and never use it. They just want to get the poors off the road so they can have it to themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As long as we get interchanges on 355 from the exit at the Beltway up through Urbana.

Again, what will happen to the thousands of businesses and residences that currently line this roadway?

I don't care. I just want a limited access highway from the Beltway up to Urbana.

Trolls going to troll, I guess.

270 and 355 are critically important pieces of road infrastructure for the county. At minimum it should not be controversial to widen 270 and also maintain the current number of 355 travel lanes. If you actually cared about the residents and businesses, that is.

It is controversial because widening the road is a waste of money and doesn't address the problem.

What do you think the problem is?

Too many people dependent on single occupancy vehicles. Maryland needs to invest in serious mass transit to connect Frederick to DC; Columbia to DC and the intermediate areas like Silver Spring, Bethesda, Rockville etc. Building more roads leads to having more cars sitting in the traffic they create. If the goal is to move people, then build infrastructure that does that.

Your problem is that this infrastructure is successful. Successful infrastructure is infrastructure that people use. Expanding capacity means that more people can use it. Building more roads leads to more people being able to get where they want to go to engage in important economic activity.

I am old enough to remember when 270 was two lanes in each direction to Rockville. Every 5-10 years, it has been expanded to the point now that it is what, 12 lanes? And yet, it is still overcrowded and backed up for many hours every day. So building more lanes doesn't solve the problem. We cannot keep expanding lanes until the whole planet is lanes. It just isn't sustainable. How many lanes is enough?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As long as we get interchanges on 355 from the exit at the Beltway up through Urbana.

Again, what will happen to the thousands of businesses and residences that currently line this roadway?

I don't care. I just want a limited access highway from the Beltway up to Urbana.

Trolls going to troll, I guess.

270 and 355 are critically important pieces of road infrastructure for the county. At minimum it should not be controversial to widen 270 and also maintain the current number of 355 travel lanes. If you actually cared about the residents and businesses, that is.

It is controversial because widening the road is a waste of money and doesn't address the problem.

What do you think the problem is?

Too many people dependent on single occupancy vehicles. Maryland needs to invest in serious mass transit to connect Frederick to DC; Columbia to DC and the intermediate areas like Silver Spring, Bethesda, Rockville etc. Building more roads leads to having more cars sitting in the traffic they create. If the goal is to move people, then build infrastructure that does that.

Most people, such as yourself, who say ‘build more public transportation’ are the ones who would stay in their cars and never use it. They just want to get the poors off the road so they can have it to themselves.

Nope, I live in DC and seldom use 270 for anything. But induced demand is a thing, and 270 is a textbook case. Try something else, because adding more lanes simply doesn't solve the problem.

[Anonymous]

Yeah man. Just one more lane. That'll solve it for sure. Just one. Pleaaase? Just one more and we're done. I promise.

[Anonymous]

Funny how the same MoCo drivers who want more lanes in MoCo are also the same people who complain about bike lanes in DC. Hint: It's not DC bike lanes, it's not lack of lanes - it's you - and your overdependence on cars. Until that gets solved the problem will only continue to get worse no matter how many lanes you add.