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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know they want everyone but them to take the bus, but it's not realistic. WMATA is woefully inadequate and dangerous. The bus isn't a viable option for many people especially if they have to work in another state. Having people sit in traffic isn't going to "save the planet" especially as more people move further out. They just don't expect to be in office when the consequences are full to see and traffic just gets far worse than the hell it currently is?[/quote]

Can you name one example of a place or time when widening a street or adding a lane has resulted in better traffic flow for cars?

No?

Neither can anyone else.

It is time to go a different path on our transportation policy.[/quote]

Easy. The added lane over the Severn River. Made getting to Rehobeth a gazillion times easier and faster.[/quote]

Come back in 10 years and tell us how well it worked.[/quote]

Great reply.We shouldn't do anything if it doesn't hold forever.

When your wife gets diagnosed with advnaced ovariaon cancer just tell the oncologist you're skipping the treatment. Why give her a half dozen years to watch her grand kids grow if she's just going to die in the end, right?[/quote]
OMG. This made me legitimately laugh out loud.

The excuses for doing nothing are so absurd. Thanks for pointing that out.[/quote]

Nobody's saying we shouldn't do anything.

The PP's metaphor is off the mark. This situation is more akin to an obese guy going to the doctor, receiving the advice to lay off the McDonald's, and then stopping off at the McDonald's drive-thru on the way home. We're not going to solve our traffic problems by doing what we've always done, just as the patient will not solve his obesity issue by continuing to eat McDonald's.[/quote]

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