Thursday, October 22, 2009

The Public Is Much Smarter Than Reid Greenmun

As part of the process for developing the region's 2034 Long-Range Transportation Plan, an Internet survey of residents was conducted. When asked the question "What do you think is the most effective way to reduce transportation congestion in our region?", here's what they chose:

1. Expanding the mass transit system - 228

2. Providing passenger rail service between metro areas - 217

3. Adequate, dedicated transportation funding - 187

4. Improving coordination of land use and transportation planning - 128

5. Expanding the highway system - 99

6. Improving the operation of existing highway facilities - 96

7. Maintaining existing transportation system - 82

8. Improving the operation of existing transit service - 58

9. Providing more biking and walking facilities - 58

10. Adding freight capacity - 44

11. Other - 22

Note that the Top 4 responses all spell "Smart Growth".

1 comment:

thesh00ter said...

with all of this input and feedback, i think it's time we flood the GA with emails