----- Original Message ----- From: "J.D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 9:14 AM Subject: I Voted.....
> The other huge difficult with my votes this year is > that I am opposed to building the "Inter-County > Connector", a new superhighway that is being proposed. > As an economist, I know that the evidence from the > experience of other cities is that building > "duplicative highways" like the ICC usually does > little-to-nothing to reduce congestion. Rather, > people simply take advantage of the additional roads > to live even further from the cities than they already > do. The only proven way to alleviate congestion is to > invest the money into mass-transit, such that the > critical mass of transit destinations and transit > frequency makes the mass transit a truly viable > alternative to roads for consumers who want to travel > exactly where they want to go exactly when they want > to go. Son, here in the Lone Star State, that'd be enough to get you branded as a damn socialist. They wouldn't listen any mealy mouthed excuses that you were really a conservative. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
