🚀 go-pugleaf

Douglas Andrew Willinger wrote:
> 
> Aaron M. Renn wrote:
> >
> > Josh Turner wrote in message <35ABEA85.3F75@umich.edu>...
> > >Perhaps true, but we're not just talking about more routes to the outer
> > >'burbs. There aren't enough roads to get from one developed part of
> > >metro DC to another developed part of metro DC. DC has never had enough
> > >roads--adding more will simply bring it to where it should have been all
> > >along.
> >
> > Even adding roads in inner suburban areas helps people on the far fringes
> > get around the metro area easier.

Yes, but this is rather like cutting off your nose to spite your face.
Why should we, the people who live inside the Beltway, punish ourselves
with awful traffic just to prevent those from outside the Beltway from
coming in?

Personally, I think that there is no excuse for a freeway system that
forces me to drive on the WW bridge if I want to get from Arlington to
BWI.

> 
> Yes, like being able to go into D.C. with car loads of people to spend
> money at D.C. businesses, such as resturants etc- businesses now hurt by
> D.C.'s shortage of highways and parking [and a Metro practice of
> shutting down at mid-night].

Yeah, what the hell is that all about? I'm assuming that it must be the
work of the taxicab lobby, or something, because it sure seems asinine
to shut down the mass transit system two hours *before* the bars close.
What a good way to encourage people to drive drunk...