Comments on: NJ Year in Review: A Loss of Focus http://blog.tstc.org/2008/01/08/nj-year-in-review-a-loss-of-focus/ News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:36:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: NJ Starting Second Phase of Parkway Widening | Mobilizing the Region http://blog.tstc.org/2008/01/08/nj-year-in-review-a-loss-of-focus/comment-page-1/#comment-39806 NJ Starting Second Phase of Parkway Widening | Mobilizing the Region Thu, 05 May 2011 18:46:34 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/2008/01/08/nj-year-in-review-a-loss-of-focus/#comment-39806 [...] the state can’t afford. According to Turnpike Authority studies, the widened Parkway will fill with traffic just a few years after [...] [...] the state can’t afford. According to Turnpike Authority studies, the widened Parkway will fill with traffic just a few years after [...]

]]> By: Nathanael Nerode http://blog.tstc.org/2008/01/08/nj-year-in-review-a-loss-of-focus/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Nathanael Nerode Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:50:58 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/2008/01/08/nj-year-in-review-a-loss-of-focus/#comment-141 Shouldn't the Parkway and Turnpike widenings have FLUNKED the EIS requirement? After all, according to their own documents, they not only don't achieve any improvement, they actually make the original traffic problem (which they were designed to solve) worse! The law requires mitigation for induced problems, and I don't think there's any mitigation possible for that other than cancelling the project. How on earth did they manage to keep the projects going? Are they just lying in the EIS or something? Shouldn’t the Parkway and Turnpike widenings have FLUNKED the EIS requirement? After all, according to their own documents, they not only don’t achieve any improvement, they actually make the original traffic problem (which they were designed to solve) worse!

The law requires mitigation for induced problems, and I don’t think there’s any mitigation possible for that other than cancelling the project.

How on earth did they manage to keep the projects going? Are they just lying in the EIS or something?

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