Road design, transportation and walkability

[danbrotherston]

I for one do feel that the upgrade of Fischer Hallman is warranted. They will be converting a 2 lane rural road to an urban road with infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists. The current road is completely hostile to anyone that isn't in a car. I'm fine with the road being reconstructed just for the fact that it makes that part of the city accessible to those who aren't in cars. The extra lanes aren't going to increase the cost by that much considering the rebuild includes storm management, mut and other involved infrastructure.

"aren't going to increase the cost that much"...how much? Both in direct and externalized costs.

I hear this all the time, but you have a peer city in the Netherlands, Utrecht who's urban planning policy is "no 4 lane roads ever".  We're planning "4 lane roads for minimum 50 years" as 50 years is the timeline for reconstruction for new roads.

In 50 years, it's game over for climate change.

We aren't building for the future, we're building for the past...welcome to fear of change.