All year long people have been telling me that I should look at the Valley Vision paper "Regional Attitudes About Transportation" published in January 2018. Most of the people, transit and active transportation advocates, were pessimistic about the report, saying it indicates that suburban voters just want more roads and don't care much about other … Continue reading Regional Attitudes About Transportation
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“traffic relief” and induced demand
Measure B has been titled by the Sacramento Transportation Authority "The Road Maintenance & Traffic Relief Act of 2016." What does traffic relief mean? It is being touted as meaning that there will be less congestion on our roadways. And who doesn't want that? The problem is, it doesn't work that way. Every time roads … Continue reading “traffic relief” and induced demand
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 