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[quote=Anonymous]Seriously? Of course not seriously, because while this is a serious topic, it's a group of people (and it seems to be mainly the anti-pool crowd from what I can tell) not interested in engaging in an honest dialogue with the goal being something constructive.

But let's pretend you were... self-driving cars will make existing roadways far far far more efficient. And, we've come to recognize that we're destroying the only home we have. We're destroying it because we have overpopulated it, we've over consumed it, we've relied on gas powered cars and let them define how we thought about the design of communities leading to absurdly wasteful building of sprawl, all while being very poorly educated as to what the earth needs (and we need it to be) in order to support us. So, in the not too distant future we will—in fact—be reducing the overall coverage of our land with roadways, even as we make those roads that remain carry far more capacity, all while beginning the process of consolidating populations as the land area available decreases. And as we have more and more people in more condensed spaces the need to provide recreational activities for them will only increase (just as has been occurring gradually very decade). Our cities will have to be more efficient and will have to do more, and we will need to be smarter and more cooperative.

So, while we certainly do not need a freeway, we do—in fact—need more recreational opportunities.

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I'd love to see a multilane freeway built from Friendship Heights, through Chevy Chase DC and the Palisades to help me get to work.  How about extending 270 south to the river?  I would get all the benefit and none of the impacts from the freeway.  Should we put this to majority vote in DC?  Who cares what the NIMBY residents of those neighborhoods think, as they'd probably be deep in the minority.   The majority of us want a faster route to get downtown and beyond!  [/quote]

The Congress and USDOT already tried that and DC residents stood up against having a road used by Marylanders going through our neighborhoods. The difference here is that this is DC controlled property and a DC agency providing benefits to DC residents. YOU DO NOT OWN THE PARK.

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That was also 45 years ago, and traffic has only gotten worse, so it's time to re-look at our highway network.  Besides, why should other wards have freeways and not Ward 3?  Ward 1, Ward 2, Wards 5, 6, 7 and 8 all have freeway access.  Why should we have to drive to Ward 2 to find a freeway?  Ward 3 needs a freeway, too![/quote][/quote]

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