05-17-2024, 11:22 AM
(05-16-2024, 03:52 PM)cherrypark Wrote: I also think that it's usually a zero-sum evaluation where building the highway means less investment in transit connections between the cities. Partly because it is in a finite tax base and faster car trips means a bigger hill to climb for transit to be convenient. It is possible to do both and for both to be important to facilitate growth and employment.
No problem. Let’s put the freeway project on the shelf and bring it back out again once 15-minute rail service has been in place for a couple of years. We’ve seen this bait-and-switch too many times already.