Comments on: Some ideas to get Providence ahead of the curve http://bikeprovidence.org/2008/04/09/some-ideas-to-get-providence-ahead-of-the-curve Providence Bicycle Coalition (PBC) Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:51:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Mark http://bikeprovidence.org/2008/04/09/some-ideas-to-get-providence-ahead-of-the-curve#comment-347 Mark Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:08:55 +0000 http://bikeprovidence.org/2008/04/09/some-ideas-to-get-providence-ahead-of-the-curve/#comment-347 I'd like to see HOV lanes go in on 195. If we could get to a point where it was faster for people to commute by bus or when carpooling, we would start to see a decrease in the number of single occupancy cars. The state officials are fooling themselves if they think the I-way redesign is a long term solution to the traffic problems. It may well reduce congestion for a while, but the cars will keep coming and the traffic jams will just involve more cars in the future. I keep telling myself that Rhode Island is a small enough state that we should be able to have effective alternative public and alternative transportation systems. I’d like to see HOV lanes go in on 195. If we could get to a point where it was faster for people to commute by bus or when carpooling, we would start to see a decrease in the number of single occupancy cars. The state officials are fooling themselves if they think the I-way redesign is a long term solution to the traffic problems. It may well reduce congestion for a while, but the cars will keep coming and the traffic jams will just involve more cars in the future.

I keep telling myself that Rhode Island is a small enough state that we should be able to have effective alternative public and alternative transportation systems.

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