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To: milo_morai who wrote (132306)	2/10/2001 8:02:16 PM
From: jbkelle	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1571053

Milo, All recent studies have shown that merely widening highways to increase capacity does nothing to decrease congestion or commute times...in fact, the studies I've read recently show that the net effect, including the disruptions caused by the construction, result in a net increase in commute times. It's something I've experienced a number of times in a number of cities...they tear up everything to "improve" the roads, you have your entire commute disrupted in order to get the hoped-for improvement, and when it's done, the increment of improvement is negligible. I'm interested in the utilization of the Portland system. One problem with commuter rail and light rail is that it's often too heavy and expensive to build it into areas where it could get people from where they are to where they want to go, and too slow to attract significant ridership in the expanding outlying suburbs. The technology hasn't changed substantially since the 1950's. A new type of system that is light, inexpensive, and has average speeds substantially faster than 35 MPH is probably what's needed to meet the needs of today's sprawled American city. A number of concepts for that do this have been proposed and are being tested. jbk