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Re: On The Road To Smart Growth: Article: LA Freeway Fix-Up Won't Do

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From: Chris Hughes
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 14:33
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david parsons wrote:

> In article <wjXS6.2532$fI.260016@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>,
> Don Hagstrom <don002@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >Had just 1/2 of these freeways gone in much of San Francisco's traffic
> >problems today would not exist.  They have only themselves to blame for
> >losing out on all those gas tax highway dollars.  Instead, they rely on 19th
> >century trolley bus technology with those overhead wires.
>
>     The nerve of the city of San Francisco!  Spending money on
>     transportation that benefits the people who live in San Francisco
>     instead of spending that money on bypasses so the people can whisk
>     from one suburb to another 5 minutes faster that before.

Lucky for San Franciscans who drive, the other cities in the Bay Area didn't take
this selfish attitude.  If the citizens of San Francisco did not drive through
other cities, then I'd be willing to forget about the freeway.

I'd have more sympathy for the city if they didn't use the freeways and
transportation systems of other cities.

Chris Hughes





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