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"The quality of the evidence linking highway capacity expansion to increased VMT is high... Increased roadway capacity induces additional VMT in the short-run and even more VMT in the long-run... Capacity expansion leads to a net increase in VMT, not simply a shifting of VMT from one road to another... Increases in GHG emissions attributable to capacity expansion are substantial... Capacity expansion does not increase employment or other economic activity... Conversely, reductions in roadway capacity tend to produce social and economic benefits without worsening traffic congestion..." On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 4:17 PM Matthew Logan via Bikies < [email protected]> wrote: > You are stuck in the way of thinking that says traffic levels are a fixed > value, and that we must build highways to accommodate that fixed value. > But traffic is more like a gas – it will expand to fill whatever container > we provide for it. > > This means if you take roads away, there will be less driving. If you add > more roads, there will be more driving. The trick, is to build the roads > (and bike paths, and ped facilities) in locations that promote > accessibility. > > > > *From:* Bikies [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of > *William > Hauda via Bikies > *Sent:* Saturday, January 30, 2016 2:53 PM > *To:* [email protected] > > > *Subject:* Re: [Bikies] Longest bike bridge in Wisconsin coming to Dane > County in 2017 | Local News | host.madison.com > > > > So what is, Mike? You did a fantastic job as lead planner at WisDOT for > this area. You gave us bike facilities against tremendous odds. How do we > solve the problem of more and more cars and trucks in a congested corridor > like the Beltline? > > On 1/30/2016 12:22 PM, Michael Rewey via Bikies wrote: > > Building a new highway is not a solution... > > > > Mike Rewey > > > > > > On 30 Jan 2016 at 3:10, William Hauda via Bikies wrote: > > > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Date sent:* Sat, 30 Jan 2016 03:10:39 -0600 > > *Subject:* Re: [Bikies] Longest bike bridge in > Wisconsin coming to Dane County > > in 2017 | Local News | host.madison.com > > *From:* William Hauda via Bikies > <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > > *Send reply to:* William Hauda <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > <[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=subscribe> > <[email protected]?subject=subscribe> > > > > > > I would think this will take some cars off the Beltline by providing a > more direct and safer bicycle commuter route between Madison, McFarland and > Stoughton. Currently, bicycling between these communities can only be done > under very challenging conditions, especially at the US 51/Beltline > intersection. The eventual long-term solution to Beltline traffic > congestion, however, will be construction of a connector between US 18/151 > at Verona to I-39/90, which would eliminate the need for vehicular traffic > heading east-west to go through Madison. There are all sorts of property > owner, economic and environmental issues, but this will eventually happen > to avoid making Madison a transportation choke point. > > On 1/29/2016 9:53 PM, Mike Neuman via Bikies wrote: > > I would hope that they are building this to relieve some of auto commuter > traffic in the area. But it seems they're bent on adding more lanes to the > beltine regardless. The should use this money to establish a bus system > between Madison and the outlying communities instead. But of course that > won't help keep the pockets of road and bridge builders full. > > > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Robert F. Nagel via Bikies < > [email protected]> wrote: > > *http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/longest-bike-bridge-in-wisconsin-coming-to-dane-county-in/article_b9dd1f0d-e6ad-5a0e-bf0a-d424ff1ed71e.html#utm_source=host.madison.com&utm_campaign=%2Femail%2F&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline > <http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/longest-bike-bridge-in-wisconsin-coming-to-dane-county-in/article_b9dd1f0d-e6ad-5a0e-bf0a-d424ff1ed71e.html#utm_source=host.madison.com&utm_campaign=%2Femail%2F&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline>* > [image: > graphic] > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bikies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >
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