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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

What would you have done instead, built a ferry to take cars across?[/quote]

Maryland spent $23 million so that, for a few years, people driving from Maryland to Delaware on summer weekends could spend a few minutes less sitting in their cars on a bridge with other people from Maryland driving to Delaware on summer weekends.

Meanwhile, if you live in Montgomery County and you want to take public transportation to Ocean City, Maryland, it's a 13-hour overnight trip via Wilmington, Delaware.[/quote]

It’s a shame they didn’t fund your proposal to build a train route from  Montgomery county to Ocean City.[/quote]

I guess you are too young to remember when there was train service to multiple points along the ocean. Sad it was all ripped out.[/quote]

I think part of the problem is that post-WWII, t[b]he U.S. decided to invest in highways rather than public transport infrastructure.[/b]  That led to the proliferation of suburbia and spread out communities.  Retrofitting a car-based society with an extensive public transportation network is no small task.   Sure it would be nice to take the train to Rehoboth, provided we could fit everything we needed in a few suitcases (who does that, BTW), but then what?  They'd also have to set up a better transport system in all these beach towns, since not everyone stays somewhere walkable to the beach, grocery store, etc.[/quote]
This is the first time I have ever heard someone say that highways are are not public infrastructure. And that is after hearing a long public debate about what is and is not infrastructure, everyone agreed that it definitely included highways.[/quote]

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