Comments on: MTC Approves Sweeping Regional Plan, Debates New Toll Lanes http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/04/23/mtc-approves-sweeping-regional-plan-debates-new-toll-lanes/ Covering San Francisco's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jay http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/04/23/mtc-approves-sweeping-regional-plan-debates-new-toll-lanes/comment-page-1/#comment-5051 Jay Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:08:44 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=2021#comment-5051 How to undermine transit in the Bay Area: widen freeways with this half-baked attempt at congestion pricing and then waste what's left of the overcommitted funds on the $7.5 billion-plus (how high will it go??) BART-to-San Jose boondoggle. How to undermine transit in the Bay Area: widen freeways with this half-baked attempt at congestion pricing and then waste what’s left of the overcommitted funds on the $7.5 billion-plus (how high will it go??) BART-to-San Jose boondoggle.

]]> By: Brian Tyler http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/04/23/mtc-approves-sweeping-regional-plan-debates-new-toll-lanes/comment-page-1/#comment-4989 Brian Tyler Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:03:16 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=2021#comment-4989 There is an excellent article on the toll lanes <a HREF="http://switchingmodes.com/2009/04/24/the-hot-lane-san-francisco-bay-area-mtc-moves-forward-with-congestion-pricing/" rel="nofollow">here</A>, at the new <A>SwitchingModes.com</A> website. There is an excellent article on the toll lanes here, at the new SwitchingModes.com website.

]]> By: Jay http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/04/23/mtc-approves-sweeping-regional-plan-debates-new-toll-lanes/comment-page-1/#comment-4953 Jay Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:25:45 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=2021#comment-4953 The revenue forecasts for these still-hypothetical HOT lanes will most likely be overestimated and disappointing in reality. Concerned citizens should read Robert Bain's recent work on excessively optimistic revenue forecasts for toll revenues. ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcG7JYjePy8 MTC is willing to do absolutely anything to fund this hemorrhaging BART-to-San Jose pipedream, and MTC has a track record of getting their biased models seriously wrong. The bike advocates are being bought off cheaply... The revenue forecasts for these still-hypothetical HOT lanes will most likely be overestimated and disappointing in reality. Concerned citizens should read Robert Bain’s recent work on excessively optimistic revenue forecasts for toll revenues.

ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcG7JYjePy8

MTC is willing to do absolutely anything to fund this hemorrhaging BART-to-San Jose pipedream, and MTC has a track record of getting their biased models seriously wrong.

The bike advocates are being bought off cheaply…

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