Academics/Experts on Gateway and Congestion
By b5baxter@drupal.org on May 29, 2007 - 9:40pm
I came across the most bizarre quote from another blogger. In response to the statment, "double the Port Mann bridge and you'll get double the traffic within a year or so" he states, "this assertion is utterly false. No responsible expert would state such rubbish."
Why does the Gateway Projet bring out such Orwellian Doublespeak?
In fact the exact opposite is true. Experts almost universally agree with this statement. Here are a few quotes.
Larry Frank, currently the UBC chair of sustainable urban transportation systems:
"Building these highways in the absence of strict growth controls will only result in more congestion and auto dependency.....You cannot build your way out of congestion."
quoted from: http://www.straight.com/article/plan-to-build-city-for-fitness-not-fatness
Bill Rees, UBC professor:
“In our province, we have the ludicrous Gateway project, ...There’ll be more cars, and in about three months, we’ll be jammed up and more cars will be idling than now.”
quoted from Vancouver Sun May, 2007 and http://stephenrees.wordpress.com/2007/05/07/pushing-the-planet-to-its-limit/
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"Building these highways in the absence of strict growth controls will only result in more congestion and auto dependency.....You cannot build your way out of congestion."
I don't know about you, but a $2 toll each way sounds like reasonable growth control to me.