Road design, transportation and walkability

[MidTowner]

Well, considering how much home owners paid for development fee's, $8M is very little of that total. It has needed to be done for a long time, and it simply can't be left alone. You can also expect more and more businesses to open in that area as well. I do get that there are some people that don't own a car, and never will, and hate the idea of any roads being built or expanded, but it is what it is. And with the likelihood of covid-19 sticking around for a long, long, long time, I can see people becoming more dependant on cars rather than filthy public transit.

I can see people getting accustomed to cleaner air, and choosing clean public transit rather than filthy private automobiles.

Seriously, though, try not to be so transparent when using this current situation to reinforce preferences you already have. I can think of plenty of arguments why the pandemic may lead to an increased demand for public transit, not least of which is that it is cost-efficient, and many people have sadly had their cash flow significantly impacted. But who knows.

By the way, the development charges from suburban houses built five and ten years ago have not been set aside to one day pay for Fischer-Hallman to be widened. They paid for the specific services that needed to be laid down to serve those homes and only those homes.