Poll Question

The vast majority of Americans will never give up the convenience, privacy, total mobility and freedom that our personal vehicles offer. Personal safety in public is also a factor. Until the public completely changes its mind, government should stop wasting money on mass transit and build more lanes.

Then what?

Submitted by truthseeker on Wed, 10/05/2011 at 11:05 am.

More lanes accomodate more cars. More cars require more parking space. Parking takes up space that could be used for productive enterprise; offices, shops, etc. Less space for business means fewer businesses will locate in urban areas. Fewer businesses mean fewer patrons/customers. More time will be lost by people caught in traffic, or looking for parking space. I hate to quote "If you build it-", but I feel it is applicable to mass transit vs. private transport. Your comment " Until the public completely changes its mind, government should stop wasting money on mass transit and build more lanes." can be reversed to read "Until the government builds more transit, the public will never change it's mindset and leave their cars at home."

Good Rational,

Submitted by 02blackjack on Wed, 10/05/2011 at 6:40 pm.

and less cars on the roads makes perfect sense in so many ways. It will be an expensive experiment and have my doubts that enough will give up door to store and back convenience in enough numbers to pay for itself, even given all the positives you mentioned. Obviously, as long as Americans have free choice, we can only speculate.