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[b]Maryland HAS done it your way for the last 30 years, at least.[/b]  Despite huge population growth, the attitude has been, let's make it so miserable to drive that people will be forced on to Metro.  Contrast that to VA, and amazingly, as soon as I cross the bridge, the traffic gets better.  Are there still some jams in VA, sure, but most of them I can pay to get around if I really need to.  Love the ICC, which has made so many trips so much faster.  I wholeheartedly support widening 270 and I live just a few blocks from it.[/quote]

I guess you forgot the last time 270 got widened, which was less than 30 years ago. Within less than 10 years, it was just as backed-up as before, only it was much wider, there were more cars on it, air and water pollution were worse, noise pollution was worse, and Maryland had thrown a huge amount of money down a hole.

Bigger highways just get you more traffic.

Put the money into transit so that people have real choices for getting around.

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You have to explain why.  You can't just say, "bigger higheways just get more traffic".  The reason why is because when the highway is made wider, it makes traffic better - the intended goal of the widdening.  People look at commutes from further out thinking that the drive isn't that bad and far more people move further away from their office.  Once enough people have done this to get cheaper housing with an easy commute, the roads are horrible and everyone hates their commute.  People should be encouraged to live as close in as they can afford.  We need building at Metro stations.[/quote]

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