Craig, The construction is aimed at getting you out of your car and into transit. (only partly a joke) Your read this in many cities such as Portland, where the explicit long term plan is to not do anything to make cars and trucks move better, so that congestion gets worse and worse, so that (the planners think) you will climb on the bus or train or move into an apartment next to where you work. Read the justifications for building lrt: the population is going to grow by 60% in the next twenty years and there will only be 25 miles of new roads built. The PLAN to not do much about roads is taken as an absolute and then the planners say what you could do SINCE you aren't going to do more with roads. The lame idea that expanding roads does no good because they are congested in the rush hour when they are finished is used as a reason for not building roads. In reality, it does a lot of good because if you expand a two lane road to a three lane road, the road carries 50% more traffic per hour when expanded. If you hate cars, then you don't want to mention that result or you treat it as evil. Bruce Gaarder Highland Park Saint Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]
