dbInSouthCity wrote:Actually 105,000 jobs in 2008 is less impressive then 110,000 in 2014 since in that time frame the US pop increase 4% and from 105k to 110k is 4.75%
I hope you didn't forget to add the 2.5 million+ the census estimates since 2013.
At least you get the point though.... still would love to see evidence that young adults are driving more.
Except one thing: Driving is still way down from peak levels. While the FHWA’s press release trumpets that “American driving between July 2013 and June 2014 is at levels not seen since 2008″ — adding, alarmingly, a call for “greater investment in highways” — that’s not the whole story. Yes, the total driving rate now approximates where it stood in 2008, when VMT was in freefall. But it’s still way down from the peak — 3.05 trillion miles — in 2007.
dbInSouthCity wrote:^ which is why i stated on the first page, we dont need to expand the system but we do need to keep up the existing system and right now we aren't doing that... we will never has LESS people on the roads driving, it will only go up (yes slowly) but it will still go up. So while i dont think we need extra lanes on 70 thru our region, we still need to invest a large chuck to rebuild it...maintenance is only a band-aid.
Anymore news on that Northern spur for Metro? Will it use the defunct express lane ROW?
