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

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From: spp
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 22:08

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Dave Simpson  <nospam@newsranger.com> wrote:

>> Things work better if the long-haul, north-south traffic
>> is routed inland.

>That's blatantly false.  They work better if the through traffic
>doesn't have its freeway travel interrupted by a forced travel
>along city streets.  This traffic still will, as is logical, travel in
>a north-south direction, meaning through the City adjacent
>to the bridge.  It is illogical, inefficient, and unreasonable to
>reroute them inland.

I think you're ignoring a lot of basic economics here:

(1) Coastal roads require more bridges, which are expensive.

(2) Coastlines are geographically unstable -- look at the high
maintenance costs for the Great Highway in San Francisco county,
and Highway 1 in San Mateo county and elsewhere.

(3) Coastal real estate is more expensive, further driving up the
costs.

All these things point towards what I said above:  long-haul
north/south traffic is best routed inland.  This is why we
have interstate 5, instead of building a similar-width freeway
right along the coast.

Steve

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From: spp@cs.berkeley.edu
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Subject: Re: On The Road To Smart Growth: Article: LA Freeway Fix-Up Won't Do
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