Comments on: MTA To Host Online Sustainability Q&A

By: James

James — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:32:44 +0000

Eric, you don’t know what you’re talking about. The NYC metro has some of the worst air in the nation and road expansion is more or less prohibited by the Clean Air Act. The metro is also largely built out and thus the property condemnation costs necessary for road widening and new road construction would be exorbitant. With $5 gas the new reality, more road capacity that people can barely even afford to drive on IS NOT the answer. Do some research before you come here and make accusations again.

-A NYC-area planner

By: Kate Slevin

Kate Slevin — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:20:47 +0000

You are a little off the mark there, Eric. In fact, many of the ideas and concepts we discuss on these pages are best practices promoted by such radical thinkers as the Institute for Traffic Engineers, County Executives from across the region, and present and former DOT Commissioners. (If you don’t get the joke, these are not people anyone would consider “radicals” or “anti-car lobbyists”.)

“You can’t build your way out of congestion” is more than a fancy phrase we cooked in our offices – it’s actually been proven to be true by years of practice by traffic engineers and urban planners.

By: Eric F.

Eric F. — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:25:34 +0000

So basically, you’re just a large group of anti-car lawyers/lobbyists. All your “victories’ have managed to do is limit the mobility of New York area residents. I live in NJ and am basically cut off from family members in CT and LI because lack of roadways makes meeting up on weekends without spending hours in traffic impossible. Thanks for absolutely nothing.

So for 40 years NYC has added zero highway capacity. Has mobility improved and congestion declined? Your group’s anti-auto stance has lead to nothing but a lower quality of life.