Road design, transportation and walkability

[danbrotherston]

And what if you factor in the environmental costs of the road and the sprawl that it will generate?  It won’t improve traffic, it will simply induce more traffic. Still a bargain?  What else could we have spent that 8 million on?

Bus lanes on the same stretch of road!   

Seriously, very few roads in this region need 4 general traffic lanes. Turn lanes, OK. Past that, improve transit.

Definitely agree with that--although bus lanes there would probably still contribute to sprawl--which honestly would be tolerable if our region/cities were at all willing to build communities that weren't car exclusive--even with bus lanes, living in that part of town without a car is nearly intolerable.