Has your commute been a lot longer over the past two weeks? Mine, too.
I guess this is what our highway system can handle when few drivers are on vacation. For those of us in the southwest metro, the Crosstown Freeway and Interstate 494 are already beyond capacity during the four hours formerly known as rush hour.
It’s only going to get worse. The anticipated population growth is going to add many more cares in the next 20 years. And if the Republican-controlled Legislature has its way, there will be no fix for the congestion. There will only be more transit users getting on the road. Continue reading “Pay high taxes, get congested roads”