Comments on: As Auto VMT Drops, Push to Build Highways Remains Strong http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/05/29/as-auto-vmt-drops-push-to-build-highways-remains-strong/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:23:58 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: ubrayj02 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/05/29/as-auto-vmt-drops-push-to-build-highways-remains-strong/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 ubrayj02 Fri, 30 May 2008 14:55:05 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/05/29/as-auto-vmt-drops-push-to-build-highways-remains-strong/#comment-1025 They could take that money and further reduce VMT by spending it to make first-class inter-city bicycle facilities up and down the state. It is always a sad moment when I realize that bicycling from SD to LA, or from LA to Santa Barbara is an uncomfortable and dangerous trip because of the lack of consideration for everybody but motorists. Building bike facilities would be so cheap, relative to a highway widening project, and would actually facilitate trips that would otherwise be done by car. All those big box stores would make less sense, and local mom and pop shops would get a boost from bike riders passing through towns in CA. They could take that money and further reduce VMT by spending it to make first-class inter-city bicycle facilities up and down the state.

It is always a sad moment when I realize that bicycling from SD to LA, or from LA to Santa Barbara is an uncomfortable and dangerous trip because of the lack of consideration for everybody but motorists.

Building bike facilities would be so cheap, relative to a highway widening project, and would actually facilitate trips that would otherwise be done by car. All those big box stores would make less sense, and local mom and pop shops would get a boost from bike riders passing through towns in CA.

]]> By: Radical Transportation Engineer http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/05/29/as-auto-vmt-drops-push-to-build-highways-remains-strong/comment-page-1/#comment-1022 Radical Transportation Engineer Thu, 29 May 2008 17:57:33 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/05/29/as-auto-vmt-drops-push-to-build-highways-remains-strong/#comment-1022 Considering that road widenings don't fix anything and highway departments continue to worship at the altar of wider roads, I would imagine more facts will only confuse them. Considering that road widenings don't fix anything and highway departments continue to worship at the altar of wider roads, I would imagine more facts will only confuse them.

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