Jeanne Massey wrote: The Mayor is right, in my opinion, in holding the Crosstown reconstruction project hostage to the creation of a BRT line on 35W. He said tonight, in so many words, that highway traffic conditions are dire, choking economic development in the region, and that drastic solutions are required.
Mark Anderson responds: Huh? Traffic conditions are dire, so therefore we should hold up fixing the biggest bottleneck in the Twin Cities because it doesn't have a bus lane? That logic sounds backward to me. Fixing that bottleneck is guaranteed to move thousands of people faster every day, saving tons of fuel and cutting down fumes dramatically. A dedicated bus lane MAY reduce congestion significantly, at least once the lane is extended all the way down to Burnsville, at least for those people who live within a few miles of 35W and commute to downtown. We are threatening to stop a major fix of our system, because it doesn't specifically provide for buses that may eventually remove a small percentage of cars from our roads. Minneapolis is cutting off its nose to spite its face. Mark V Anderson Bancroft REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
