Comments on: Congestion Pricing Comes to Washington State http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/05/05/congestion-pricing-comes-to-washington-state/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ubrayj02.blogspot.com http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/05/05/congestion-pricing-comes-to-washington-state/comment-page-1/#comment-816 ubrayj02.blogspot.com Tue, 06 May 2008 14:25:27 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/05/05/congestion-pricing-comes-to-washington-state/#comment-816 The money for those tolls sounds like it is going where it ought to: back to the government that built the roads. There are a lot of knuckleheads in L.A. who think that leasing out highways to private companies is the way to do this. Hopefully, this publicly run toll program will show them how wrong they are about what government can do. The money for those tolls sounds like it is going where it ought to: back to the government that built the roads.

There are a lot of knuckleheads in L.A. who think that leasing out highways to private companies is the way to do this. Hopefully, this publicly run toll program will show them how wrong they are about what government can do.

]]> By: calwatch http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/05/05/congestion-pricing-comes-to-washington-state/comment-page-1/#comment-815 calwatch Tue, 06 May 2008 06:16:23 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/05/05/congestion-pricing-comes-to-washington-state/#comment-815 Minor nit: It's state route 167 (SR-167 in Washington nomenclature), not an Interstate. Minor nit: It’s state route 167 (SR-167 in Washington nomenclature), not an Interstate.

]]> By: Andy B from Jersey http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/05/05/congestion-pricing-comes-to-washington-state/comment-page-1/#comment-813 Andy B from Jersey Tue, 06 May 2008 02:45:10 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/05/05/congestion-pricing-comes-to-washington-state/#comment-813 Oh Please! Seattleites only think they are progressive. They've rejected just about every mass transit proposal to come their way in the past 50 years and continue to sprawl out of control with their car dependent "Green McMansions." When I was riding my bike out their in 2006, nearly every car that passed me on a road without a bike lane would prefer to practically graze my shoulder instead of crossing the double yellow line when there wasn't a car for miles coming in the other direction. Don't kid yourself. The progressive northwest only makes it as far north as the Columbia River. Oh Please! Seattleites only think they are progressive.

They’ve rejected just about every mass transit proposal to come their way in the past 50 years and continue to sprawl out of control with their car dependent “Green McMansions.”

When I was riding my bike out their in 2006, nearly every car that passed me on a road without a bike lane would prefer to practically graze my shoulder instead of crossing the double yellow line when there wasn’t a car for miles coming in the other direction.

Don’t kid yourself. The progressive northwest only makes it as far north as the Columbia River.

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