I’m in the Phoenix area, while that can happen, it’s a rare occurrence.
overpasses freeze.
Even rarer.
Really it all comes down to cost- we spend millions on adding more lanes to highways, but very little on local connecting roads… Why spend anything to fix a problem when we can profit from the problem?
I’m in the Phoenix area, while that can happen, it’s a rare occurrence.
Sure, its always a rare occurrence. But when it happens, it can create a huge mess. Also points thumb at climate change less rare day-by-day.
Really it all comes down to cost
For a city like Phoenix not to have a modern mass transit system is a criminal waste of money and manpower. You’re talking about billions of dollars in highway expansion and tens of thousands of potholes getting filed, all so people stay in their cars.
FFS, its not even as though buses and trains are unpopular. Just ask folks in New York or DC. Even the Houston transit lines are commuter gold - filling up with tens of thousands of passengers every morning and evening who don’t need a place to park once they get downtown.
Why spend anything to fix a problem when we can profit from the problem?
Privatize the profits, socialize the losses. No more successful business strategy has ever existed.
I’m in the Phoenix area, while that can happen, it’s a rare occurrence.
Even rarer.
Really it all comes down to cost- we spend millions on adding more lanes to highways, but very little on local connecting roads… Why spend anything to fix a problem when we can profit from the problem?
Sure, its always a rare occurrence. But when it happens, it can create a huge mess. Also points thumb at climate change less rare day-by-day.
For a city like Phoenix not to have a modern mass transit system is a criminal waste of money and manpower. You’re talking about billions of dollars in highway expansion and tens of thousands of potholes getting filed, all so people stay in their cars.
FFS, its not even as though buses and trains are unpopular. Just ask folks in New York or DC. Even the Houston transit lines are commuter gold - filling up with tens of thousands of passengers every morning and evening who don’t need a place to park once they get downtown.
Privatize the profits, socialize the losses. No more successful business strategy has ever existed.