SadMasterpiece7019 t1_ixaumml wrote on November 22, 2022 at 1:39 AM

Reply to comment by acoursen in NJ Turnpike Authority Transforms a Useless $4.4B Project into a Useless $10.7B Project by jimmybot

Highway widening doesn't work. Induced demand has been known for decades. All the NJTA has in their capital plan is highway widening. It's an agency staffed by engineers, funding engineers.

Are you downvoting my replies? lol

acoursen t1_ixawvkl wrote on November 22, 2022 at 1:56 AM

That's correct, to an extent. It's also a prime mover behind sprawl that is an issue. Water under the bridge in NJ. But it takes multi-faceted solutions that has to be accepted and used. Mass transit needs to be better used, but that's not the prime mission of the Turnpike Authority. And what was good for a population in the 40's and 50's isn't going to satisfy the population of now and for the 60-70 ensuing years.