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Article #456Re: On The Road To Smart Growth: Article: LA Freeway Fix-Up Won't Do
From: Dave Simpson
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 23:55
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 23:55
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Steve (spp@cs.berkeley.edu) wrote: >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. They don't point to rerouting traffic several miles out of its way. At least you didn't mention I-5 as a candidate for rerouting Peninsula-Marin County traffic, which would be offscale as far as lunacy. (You may not believe it, but others have made such a suggestion.) Dave Simpson
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