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Re: Traffic Congestion (2020)

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From: Josh Turner
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 00:00
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Bentley wrote:
> 
> In misc.transport.road Aaron M. Renn <arenn@urbanophile.com> wrote:
> : Bentley wrote in message <8F7p1.434$wf.186581065@newsreader.digex.net>...
> :>Frankly I fail to see the need for these future planning boondoggles
> :>anymore. We are now in EXACTLY what the 1950's and 60's regional plans
> :>predicted: gridlock. We chose it. We said "no more roads." And we're stull
> :>saying "no more roads. Ever." Let's save the millions of dollars thrown
> :>away on these master plans, as nobody wants to hear the bad news.
> 
> : The vast bulk of cities decided to build all the roads they could in the
> : 50's and 60's, yet most of them (at least the ones of any size) suffer from
> : gridlock as well.  Obviously roads haven't proven a solution either.
> 
> Josh, that is a correct observation, for the most part, but rather ignores
> the operative parts of my post. Perhaps you missed this part:


Twern't I that posted that...
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From: Josh Turner <shua@umich.edu>
Subject: Re: Traffic Congestion (2020)
Date: 1998/07/11
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