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Originally Posted by Lobotomizer
It's guys like you that make people vote against transit. I support upgrading transportation infrastructure including Project Connect, and Capital Express. Both projects are needed. But damn man, I guess you guys can't see how unlikeable you come across to the like 90% or more of adults who drive cars every single day in this city.
Especially when a project, like Capital Express Central, makes such a drastic improvement for essentially everyone and every mode of transportation. It's adding HOV lanes which express buses will use. Upgraded sidewalks for the entire length. Urban boulevard with 35 mph speed limit through downtown replacing the frontage roads. More street crossings improving connectivity. It's below grade. It will have caps and stitches.
But I already know the auto generated response. "Lipstick on a pig!". Any improvement to a roadway which increases it's capacity, no matter how many other improvements for others you will oppose. It is unreasonable, illogical, and borders on fanaticism.
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lol. Sure. I make people vote against public transit. This is a false choice between the status quo and an upgraded highway. You can build bus only lanes, sidewalks, bike lanes etc within the existing 35 ROW without expanding the highway. It’s called a boulevard and it’s quite common in corridors that literally dissect major cities. All this project will do is bring more cars into the CBD and make traffic worse within the city. The only way to maintain current congestion or to reduce it is to not increase the amount of cars. That’s the geometric reality of car use that Americans like to pretend does not exist. What’s the plan in 50 years? Bulldoze half of downtown and UT to make more lanes? All you are doing is encouraging more natural habitats to be destroyed with sprawl instead of growing our cities up. It’s just really dumb planning with no regards to sustainability.
More importantly, you don’t have to agree but maybe don’t spaz out about someone else’s opinion. If you choose to vote against public transit, that’s a reflection on you and your values. Not me.