US National Capital Planning Commision (NCPC) - supports further truncating I-395
Regional:
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments - supports vast new road tolling with no new lanes within the I-495 Beltway; COG report gives 1st billing to private "environmentalist" advocate who opposes any new lanes even outside the Beltway.Local:
DDOT- flirts with further truncating I-395
Whatever happened to the idea of additional evacuation routes?
A Beholden Doctrine
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How are they planning on truncating the 395? Please tell me they're not planning on converting existing capacity into carpool lanes.
See this link and the links within
http://wwwtripwithinthebeltway.blogspot.com/2008/06/parochialist-threat-to-truncate-i-395.html
Nothing to do with carpool lanes.
They propose to close to all traffic the northern I-395 tunnel (that sits between Massachusetts Avenue and K Street, with the current off ramp there as the new freeway end. The idea is to discourage through traffic on NY Avenue- to hell with the general public, and the fact that there is room to build a parallel freeway connecting to existing I-395 by a new tunnel as I propose.
http://wwwtripwithinthebeltway.blogspot.com/2007/11/i-395-extension-superior-option.html
Here's a PDF of the recent report by US NCPC favoring this parochialism.
http://www.ncpc.gov/UserFiles/File/NYFLA1106.pdf
You make a very good point about evacuation routes.
What do you mean by "parochialism"?
Only caring about one's immediate surroundings, and everyone else does not matter; is anti-regionalism.
Here is an example, from the USNCPC report:
"The D.C. street network exists to serve District residents and neighborhoods, first, and those who work in the District, second. Give much less priority to accommodating regional (interstate) traffic. (Decker, Morrison, Peloquin, Slade, Stull)"
Here's an example of this attitude at USNCPC:
http://wwwtripwithinthebeltway.blogspot.com/2007/03/what-this-was-outcome-of-highly.html
... and the USNCPC is totally correct. Do you want a freeway cutting through your neighborhood? Cities are for people, not freeways. Trucate the freeway and use it for a new separated Blue Line. Then put a cap on it to reconnect Union Station and NoMa to downtown.
Extend the freeway as a box tunnel beneath a new linear park and do the same with the Red Line rr.
Have you ever tried replacing the word "freeway" with "railroad" to see how in vogue it is to be medieval?
The public good definitely outweighs the selfishness of a few institutions that like remaining isolated by a rr.
You also forget, both railroads and freeways serve people.
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