John has a good point. A lot of this is about options. People have a choice of working near their work or not. What is their priority, bigger lots over long commute? However, this ties into the transit debate. What David Strom is advocating is taking away our option of using mass transit! People should have the option (although many don't have another alternative) to take transit.
Personally I am against toll roads. I don't think the toll will go away when the road is paid off. The money will be too enticing for whoever builds it. I would rather see a 5 cent a gallon increase in state taxes that are earmarked specifically for roads and transit. Josh Kroll S. Mpls. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John M O'Neal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 7:57 PM Subject: Re: [TCMetro] Traffic congestion answer - toll roads? > On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 18:45:48 -0600 "Thomas Searles" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asks: > > Traffic congestion answer - toll roads? > > Reply: > The only single plan that would effectively and absolutely reduce > traffic congestion would be a total world embargo on sales of crude oil > and refined petroleum products to the United States. Because petroleum is > still traded in US dollars, that is not likely to happen. > As long as Minnesota continues to register more vehicles than road > space accommodates during peak travel, there will be congestion. There > are also vehicles from other states and countries using the highways. We > can provide more options through mass transit and more roads to improve > the balance. No single plan will solve the problem as long as there is no > method to prevent vehicle volumes from exceeding road space. We can only > give people options so that they can choose their own poison. > > Thanks. > John O'Neal > Northeast Minneapolis > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum > http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro > Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day. _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day.
