Anti-hybrid road rage

MDC - not what I wrote. What I said was that you need to be more specific when complaining. When people state that the express lanes during HOV hours are clogged in the I95/I395, it's simple to pick it apart - I-395 faces no such express lane congestion. I gladly point that out to my delegate and senator, and I provide dates and times of my commute. When it comes to all or nothing, it's simple to show that the hybrid exemption does not have the negative impact touted by slugs, and many of the positive impacts for helping the environment and saving on fuel consumption.

On the other hand, I have no direct empirical knowledge of problems (or lack thereof) further south of the beltway. If I66 is also not a congestion concern because of hybrids (per herbs), then the all or nothing scenario favors the extension.

Focus, MDC. Focus.

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Originally posted by NoSUV
[br]MDC- Perhaps the anti-hybrid ranting should be confined to I-95 then, instead of lumping I-395 in with it. Dilutes the valid argument when false information added to it.

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Annd the anti-hybrid push should be confined to that corridor. I-66 is fine, even with hybrids.

NoSUV,

I like that. That is definitely a salient point worth considering (even if it does benefit you!).

Would be nice to treat the 2 pieces of concrete ribbon as separate highways. That would serve, for a time, to make the portions that are particularly congested and problematic more manageable. I wonder if this has been discussed (RLD you know?).


NoSb

SOV because you can, HOV because you care!

NoSUV,
On portions of 95, the regular lanes are almost always faster than the HOV lanes. We don't make it to the speed limit except on special occassions either.

What we are seeing is influence peddling by the auto industry and other speacial interests. I'm sure if we were exposed to even 1 percent of what goes on on Capitol Hill we would be nauseated. In this case, we got a real good look at how the system works at the state level and how lobbyists corrupt the system.

The way I see the hybrid mess, the feds should have very strict control over what happens on the interstates. But they have copped out and handed it over to the states. In the case of construction the feds and states have copped out to get money from tolls because they dont have the spine to raise the gas tax or cut wasteful spending. On policies such as the hybrids, they have been bought by the auto lobby.

It really is unconscionable for our state reps to abandon us and give no reason (that I have heard) other than "we dont control what comes out of committee, etc." Where is the SPINE? The hybrid exemption is wrong on principal, fairness, traffic analysis and every other measure other than lobbyist money. They should have voted NO on it, even if it gave us the "benefit" of the grandfather clause. (Next year they will extend it again, and again until HOT lanes come in).

If anyone has any specifics on what was said re the hybrid vote by Lingamfelter, McQuigg or others please post it.