07-06-2007, 12:51 PM
asteele2 Wrote:There's pretty much no guarantee that the money is going to anything positive, though.
Ok, step off the idealistic soap box and tell me what traffic improvements in the region have not had a positive impact?
Just recently there's been quite a few that have had noticeable improvements in traffic flow:
- I-66 going to 4-lanes past manassas, soon to be out past gainesville
- On/Off ramps on Route 28, instead of 15 stoplights
- 395/495/95 Mixing bowl improvements
- Overpasses on the W&OD trail
These are just the major projects - there's been others as well, but I cant recall them off of the top of my head.
I think improving transit in the area is a good idea, but the revenue generation to support them is currently turning the area into a police state.
Edit: Case in point - I take HOV every day, from Route 7/Lee Hwy to Ballston/Rosslyn exits. I have not seen a single cop enforcing HOV all week. They're all out on 66 writing speeding tickets - and traffic will move plenty fast enough to pick people out of a line and hand out 15+ over reckless tickets.
asteele2 Wrote:Just because the system exists doesn't mean I have to like it.
Then move elsewhere? :dunno: