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Originally Posted by halifaxboyns
I don't know if I fully agree with Keith's comment about Blumenthal and Watts. I gather from Watt's editorial letter that she wants to focus more on transit; which to me seems to say that if an expansion was necessary that would facilitate better transit flow then she would be okay with the sacrifice necessary. Blumenthal however, I think wouldn't care what it's for - he would be a definate no.
What I gather from Watt's statement is she'd rather see the money invested in better transit options along the route before widening and that widening should be a last resort. It's an interesting thought, but it makes me wonder if the road flow would improve only through minor things like putting indented bus stops along the road and some queue jumps at each light...I may be reading into that.
I'm supposed to actually meet up with her while I'm home in a social setting so I may ask her what she meant.
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Count how many times she uses the word "sustainable" in your convo, and report back.
The problem is that left-wingers like her will always want to force the masses onto publicly-run, union-made, lowest-common-denominator, poor-quality transit services. They hate the freedom a private vehicle provides. Even if I had a mythical zero-emission vehicle that ran on solar power, she would oppose my use of it. And they will not force the transit operation to get better. They just want to throw more money at the existing inept service. MT's opposition to rail-based service is a good example of that.
The call for better transit options around here is an exercise in hypocrisy. We have lots of buses that run empty much of the time. We have people moving to areas where there is no transit, and they do so happily. The fact is, MT does not run a service people want to use for the most part. Transit here is inconvenient, slow, inefficient, dirty, unpleasant and at times unsafe. It is a last-resort choice. Those who say they want it, often do not use it even if it is available. I bet not one of the elected members there last night got there without a car. I bet the vast majority of people who called for transit instead of widening did the same.
Hypocrisy, thy name is Halifax.