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Falls Church,

Can you provide an example of where roads (whether SOV or HOV) would represent good planning? Seems like there should be some examples since you are saying that "good planning" and "roads" are not paradoxical. What criteria would roads have to meet to be "good planning" and why don't the 395 HOV lanes qualify?

Sure. Roads are fine. Roads can also be streets, can serve multiple purposes, fit into a grid, support surrounding development, etc. Large highways, not so much.

HOV lanes are just highway widening efforts. Reversible lanes like on 395/95 are not cheap, and represent only a marginal increase in capacity. In short, it's just not cost-effective.

Slugging works because of the HOV lanes, the HOV lanes are there because of the inherent capacity shortcomings of even a massive highway.

by Alex B. on Jun 13, 2012 2:26 pm • link • report

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