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I'm not defending the merits of a lot of those designs but rather arguing the fact that if you look at how dense these places are they are de facto (and de jure in Alexandria's case) cities. Even if they're designed poorly.

I mean Tyson's Corner just recently got its own postal designation but in a blind taste test I'd bet 10 out 10 people would call it a city before they call it a suburb.

Which goes back to Alex's point that when you talk about highways in an urban area to marginal benefits to adding lanes (HOV or otherwise) doesn't do nearly enough to justify the increase in costs.

And yes, hindsight is 20/20 but that should mean that these arguments of highway vs. rail in central cities should be less strenuous if we can somehow surmount peoples impressions about how a jursdictions label doesn't prescribe its actual form.

by drumz on Jun 13, 2012 4:05 pm • link • report

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