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"That would remain to be seen, but it is better than sitting back for decades trying to fiddle with unproven urbanist fantasys like congestion pricing that only serve to punish people in the short term for unproven long term "promises"."

actually congestion pricing is an economists idea, not particularly an urbanists one. And its been adopted less because officials are wowed by economists, than because they dont have the funds for all the highways folks want. And its been used on highways in several parts of the country, its not unproven (though how it works in very given case will vary)

As for people who change jobs - what do you think happens to someone who loses a professional job in say Cleveland, and the only place they can get a new one is Chicago, or Pittsburgh. Does the govt pay for their daily airplane flights? NO. They move. thats life in a capitalist economy. Folks in certain fields in DC are fortunate to have many jobs in their professions in the same metro area. However if they are going to change jobs from working in Reston say, to downtown, or Reston to Gaithersburg, yes, theres a possibility they will have to move. Its not economical to build a transportation system that accommodates them 100%

However doing the spot improvements on I66, adding CP, and adding transit on rte 50, will go a considerable way to accommodating people, as has been discussed.

by AWalkerInTheCity on May 18, 2012 4:55 pm • link • report