Conestoga Parkway

[ijmorlan]

Anyone know if there are plans to expand 85 to either 6 or 8 lanes between Lancaster and University? Always is major congestion there during the rush hours.

Is it "major" really? It seems like it's a delay of a few minutes at pretty small windows of the morning and evening rush. I know that commuters through there like to complain about it, but experienced with their complaints in mind, it always seems like it's a pretty minimal delay. I'd be happy to see any actual data, though.

Put it this way, if a congestion charge imposed on the road could not collect enough money to pay the full cost of enlarging it, then the people have spoken with their wallets and no expansion is justified. How’s that for a conservative, businesslike viewpoint?

And yes, more generally, I agree — what we call “congestion” here is really just a minor slowdown at the absolute peak time. We have too much road, not too little.