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Article #429Re: On The Road To Smart Growth: Article: LA Freeway Fix-Up Won't
From: Loren Petrich
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 06:32
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 06:32
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In article <iBYQ6.24040$Rh7.803344@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>, Don Hagstrom <don002@earthlink.net> wrote: > What improvements? Oh, you mean a few carpool lanes, a few gap closures, > and one tiny little freeway connecting I-880 and I-680. Oh, those. And > meanwhile population is forecast to what, almost double? Or at least > increase by double digit percentage points? Yes, when you have a large > increase in population but provide only minimal increases in the required > infrastructure, that is why congestion is forecase to increase that much. > If the MTC were any kind of business, their board of directors would have > been fired by now for suggesting such a ridiculous dysfunctional plan that > is basically telling their customers that things will only get much worse. > Way to go. And where will all these new freeways be built? And how will their construction be financed? And unless one builds a lot of double-decker freeways, a *lot* of land will have to be acquired for them. And are those who don't want to give up their land for freeways the enemies of the American people, the moral equivalent of kulaks? -- Loren Petrich petrich@panix.com Happiness is a fast Macintosh And a fast train
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