Comments on: Highway Toll Lane Construction Bill Stalled in State Senate Committee http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/07/10/highway-toll-lane-construction-bill-stalled-in-state-senate-committee/ Covering San Francisco's livable streets movement Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wads http://sf.streetsblog.org/2009/07/10/highway-toll-lane-construction-bill-stalled-in-state-senate-committee/comment-page-1/#comment-13561 Wads Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:32:21 +0000 http://sf.streetsblog.org/?p=4091#comment-13561 As long as travel speeds are maintained for transit and carpools, selling excess capacity at market rate to subsidize transit has merit. However, selling the construction of more freeway lanes as "green" is a lie that anyone can see through. If the MTC was serious about reducing vehicle miles traveled, like it claims, than it would be politically feasible to convert existing lanes into express lanes. As long as travel speeds are maintained for transit and carpools, selling excess capacity at market rate to subsidize transit has merit. However, selling the construction of more freeway lanes as “green” is a lie that anyone can see through.

If the MTC was serious about reducing vehicle miles traveled, like it claims, than it would be politically feasible to convert existing lanes into express lanes.

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