Comments on: As Highway Trust Fund Shrinks, Bush Administration Wants to Rob Transit http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/07/29/as-highway-trust-fund-shrinks-bush-administration-wants-to-rob-transit/ Moving Together, Faster Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:32:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Change in Commuting Habits | Transit Miami http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/07/29/as-highway-trust-fund-shrinks-bush-administration-wants-to-rob-transit/#comment-7924 Change in Commuting Habits | Transit Miami Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:48:12 +0000 http://www.transitmiami.com/?p=2574#comment-7924 [...] you hear that, Mary Peters? Transit needs more money, not [...] [...] you hear that, Mary Peters? Transit needs more money, not [...]

]]> By: Dave http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/07/29/as-highway-trust-fund-shrinks-bush-administration-wants-to-rob-transit/#comment-7879 Dave Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:13:10 +0000 http://www.transitmiami.com/?p=2574#comment-7879 If anything they should be taking the decreased demand for new roads into account and taking more money out of the highway budget to put INTO transit. If anything they should be taking the decreased demand for new roads into account and taking more money out of the highway budget to put INTO transit.

]]> By: JM Palacios http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/07/29/as-highway-trust-fund-shrinks-bush-administration-wants-to-rob-transit/#comment-7875 JM Palacios Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:55:14 +0000 http://www.transitmiami.com/?p=2574#comment-7875 It's sheer lunacy. Transportation planners around here seem to ignore that traffic is actually decreasing, and still proceed with projects based on traffic forecasts developed during the real estate boom. The article mentions that miles driven have dropped 3.7 %. Did no one notice that fewer miles driven makes the need for highway expansion much less than it used to be? It would, in fact, drop the immediate need for expansion to ZERO in many places. I-95 HOT Lanes? Not needed. I-595 Express Lanes? Not needed. If we have to put expansion projects on hold until a better funding source comes around, then that is the solution--not robbing from mass transit, which is seeing record ridership increases. The nation needs to follow the example of Palm Beach County: rob the highway fund to provide for the mass transit that everyone is demanding NOW. Not the other way around! It’s sheer lunacy.

Transportation planners around here seem to ignore that traffic is actually decreasing, and still proceed with projects based on traffic forecasts developed during the real estate boom.

The article mentions that miles driven have dropped 3.7 %. Did no one notice that fewer miles driven makes the need for highway expansion much less than it used to be? It would, in fact, drop the immediate need for expansion to ZERO in many places. I-95 HOT Lanes? Not needed. I-595 Express Lanes? Not needed. If we have to put expansion projects on hold until a better funding source comes around, then that is the solution–not robbing from mass transit, which is seeing record ridership increases.

The nation needs to follow the example of Palm Beach County: rob the highway fund to provide for the mass transit that everyone is demanding NOW. Not the other way around!

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