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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The "induced demand" that if you widen a highway, it'll just get full is true in the _long run_ but not in the short term. Look at the ICC -- it's been open nearly 10 years and it's not jammed.

Besides, if adding lanes makes traffic worse, why do we even have a 4-lane beltway. Why not make it one lane each way? That will reduce traffic, right?

The proposal to not widen 495 and just tell everyone to take the ICC isn't some magical solution -- that option has been around since the ICC opened. It's not like ICC is some hidden road and people aren't aware of it.

Widening 495 will require taking land from property owners. However even in the worst-case scenario, the number of house/properties seized will be less than half the number being seize for the Purple Line. Ultimately, to build anything in this area, whether it be more highways or public transport, and there's a pretty high chance some land will need to be seized. That's what happens when the area is built up 100% already.

What I find interesting is the response from leadership. Elrich (CoExec) flubs around and their latest proposal is to tell people to use the ICC (I'm not kidding). The other County Council members just complain but offer no solutions of their own, then complain that MD is pushing this along. Well, many of those Council members have been in office for nearly a decade, and what have they been doing all this time? It's not like 495 and 270 congestion just popped up last week.

Hogan is the only one who seems to be attempting to make things happen.[/quote]

The ICC was an ill-conceived project which may take 50 years to realize its capacity projections.[/quote]

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