Comments on: Declining Traffic: How Will It Affect U.S. Transportation? http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/03/02/declining-traffic-how-will-it-affect-us-transportation/ 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: David Galvan http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/03/02/declining-traffic-how-will-it-affect-us-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-4487 David Galvan Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:32:08 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1808#comment-4487 Well, sounds like good timing for Obama's investment in HSR. It's not enough, I know, but it's a good start. Well, sounds like good timing for Obama’s investment in HSR. It’s not enough, I know, but it’s a good start.

]]> By: Umberto Brayj http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/03/02/declining-traffic-how-will-it-affect-us-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-4482 Umberto Brayj Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:54:39 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1808#comment-4482 Isn't it obvious why fewer people are driving? We've added more lane-miles of road and that has reduced congestion! You see, those lane-miles added have prevented investment in transportation options that would have insulated our economy from the global credit crisis and fluctuating energy costs. Without our investment in car-only infrastructure, we might have been able to (regionally, at least) skip over many of the effects of the current economic crisis. Fortunately, with the gains we've made in highway capacity, our economic decline (and our Vehicle Miles Traveled) are pegged to one another in their downward descent! Brilliant, isn't it? Isn’t it obvious why fewer people are driving? We’ve added more lane-miles of road and that has reduced congestion!

You see, those lane-miles added have prevented investment in transportation options that would have insulated our economy from the global credit crisis and fluctuating energy costs.

Without our investment in car-only infrastructure, we might have been able to (regionally, at least) skip over many of the effects of the current economic crisis. Fortunately, with the gains we’ve made in highway capacity, our economic decline (and our Vehicle Miles Traveled) are pegged to one another in their downward descent!

Brilliant, isn’t it?

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