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Sure, it might not go away.  Have fun waiting 30 minutes to 1 hour between trains though when that’s the only way ot can remain economically viable, lol.[/quote]

Roads are not economically viable, lol.[/quote]

But at least I don’t gotta be held hostage by ridiculous wait times like the metro is foreseeing because it is in massive trouble and needs to severely cut service in order to rein in costs.[/quote]

So you have never sat in wall to wall traffic on 66 or I-95 or the BW Parkway, waiting hours of your life due to a traffic accident or construction or both? Because I have.

I've also watched as many of these roads build more and more lanes but make them toll lanes, so that even though my taxpayer dollars go to pay for the road itself (which is astronomically expensive, roads are a huge cost center), if I want the road to work well for me, I have to pay even more in tolls.

And the addition of lanes never seems to address the traffic issues, which get worse each year (other than a couple years of improvement during Covid). The only thing that would actually improve traffic concerns? Fewer cars on the road. Which means: better public transportation.

It is beyond myopic to argue that we should stop funding metro. That would just put MORE people on the roads. Who does that help? And most people are not paying the tolls and as a PP explained, the gas tax doesn't come close to covering the cost of roads, plus with the shift to EVs, we'll eventually see less gas tax revenue anyway. I mean, what is your plan here?

Glad the OP of this dumb thread is not actually in charge of transportation policy.[/quote]

99% of the time my commute is fine. I can get to and from work in 10 minutes by driving.  With the death spiral the metro is in it will take 1+ hours 100% of the time because it needs to cut service to the bone and wait times are going to explode to 30+ minutes or more between trains.

See the difference?  Traffic due to accidents or construction isn’t a given.  The metro taking forever will be guaranteed 100% of the time because it is in dire straits.

Nice try, thanks for playing! [/quote]

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