This time, Missouri is going to end congestion…

  • @[email protected]
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    169 months ago

    We’re going to learn the lesson that the Katy freeway has taught us and add two more lanes than they did.

  • PedestrianError :vbus: :nblvt:
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    89 months ago

    @lntl Politicians including those who claim to trust the science on climate change will still be shoveling money to the highway building contractors when the highways are catching fire and melting as soon as they’re built.

  • @[email protected]
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    59 months ago

    Adding more lanes means you invite more traffic on the roads, which means you’ll eventually have more traffic on it and have the same problem later.

    But to make the problem worse, now you’ll have to maintain all those extra roads, sucking future money from future projects.

    Or, you could build up non-car transportation infrastructure, which would be more efficient at moving people and freight, and relieve some usage, wear, and tear on the highways.

    If you love your car, encourage using tax money to be spent on public transportation.

    • @AfroMustache
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      49 months ago

      How do politicians justify adding lanes when it is basically common knowledge that all it does is make congestion worse? I’m assuming it’s mostly a “look we are doing something!”