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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Article doesn't say what the proposals are but mentions building houses and transit with less red tape and cost. Why are you opposed to people having places to live and an ability to get to a job? [/quote]

That would make sense.  However, it’s all in the execution.  In Montgomery County they are trying to change zoning in SFH neighborhoods based on a system of buses that will travel in “bus only” lanes that can’t exist until approved by the state, which might take years if approved at all.  To compound the issue, the county is working to (or already has in certain areas) ease parking space requirements.  So, more density based on a magic bus that no one will take traveling in lanes that don’t exist and at the same time worsening parking and traffic, and without any real plans to deal with infrastructure and schools.  I guess the plan is to just “see what happens” and deal with schools and traffic in decades after the areas are already ruined.

So, the devil is in the details.

It’s a Trump-world type argument.  Take a general idea which seems good on the surface, sell it, and execute it without any plan in place and without taking into account any negative externalities.  It’s a recipe for disaster, and politicians know this.

I wouldn’t vote for anyone supporting this, there are plenty of other Democrats to vote for.[/quote]

I think you missed the point. If construction and infrastructure upgrades were easier then everything you mention could happen more quickly and cheaply - the bus lanes, new schools, any underlying infrastructure. [/quote]

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