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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's clear none of these people need to drive any significant distance to work.  FWIW, I take metro, but DH has to drive (we live in MD, he works in NoVA) and the traffic is insane.  IIRC the expansion of 495 really only went to the 270 interchange anyway, right?  [/quote]

Yes, that's a horrible drive. The question is, is the best solution for the state of Maryland to sign a secret contract with a for-profit company to widen the highway with toll lanes? [/quote]
What’s your solution?[/quote]

My solution is more and better public transportation options, better and safer walking/biking connections to public transportation, more remote work, more off-peak work hours, more incentives for people to use public transportation instead of driving by themselves, and (last but not least) adding housing close to existing transit, services, and jobs.[/quote]
Explain how your “more and better public transportation” that is going to get this person from upper MoCo to NoVA?

There is no current plan for this anywhere. Nor is there funding. The HOT lanes would’ve been ready in 3 years. Your plan, which is actually just an idea because there is no current plan, wouldn’t see fruition in decades. [b]What should this person do until then, move out of the county?[/b][/quote]

Continue with their current commute, work out a telework plan, work out an off-peak commuting plan, look for a different job, look for a different place to live.

It's ridiculous to say that we have to go with Larry Hogan's plan on grounds that he has refused to propose any other plan. It's also ridiculous to say that it would take decades to start running more buses (for example).[/quote]

You do realize there are a ton of workers that can't telework, right?  Do you really want all these lauded "essential workers", those who work in national security, etc. to just up and leave their jobs do to a crap commute?   While the # of people teleworking is probably not as high as early in the pandemic, it's pretty high compared to normal.  And there's still a lot of traffic on 495 and 270.

I don't think the proposal is perfect, but there are no other proposals on the table to lessen the gridlock.  The VA hot lanes are essentially wasted right now since they end at the bridge.[/quote]
I’m the meantime VA is producing large numbers of relatively affordable SFHs in Loudon and Stafford that will probably look a lot more enticing to someone who doesn’t want to quit their job to stay living here. [/quote]

Because the Loudon DC commute is so easy?  The toll and I66 are very expensive and alternatives are slow.[/quote]

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