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One Billion Cars
Sigh. A special section in this morning’s Wall Street Journal predicts that by 2020 there will be 1 Billion cars in service worldwide. While the section has articles on hybrids, alternative fuels, congestion management, and recycling of vehicles, I did not see any prominent discussion of either peak oil or global warming (in fairness, I…
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CRC Week: Arterial Crossings, RC-19, RC-22 and RC-23
The non-Freeway crossings are described on pages 5-9 and 5-21 to 5-24 (PDF 847K) of the report (PDF 3.3M). The staff analysis seems to amount to: well, that’s nice, but unless you do freeway improvements as well, you don’t meet the purpose and need of the project. Here’s the direct quote: It does not significantly…
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CRC Week: Rail Transit, TR-5, TR-6, TR-11, TR-12
The report (PDF 3.3M) contains four different rail transit options on pages 4-5, 4-6 and 4-10 to 4-12 (PDF, 393K). The options include Light Rail, Streetcar, Commuter Rail and Heavy Rail. Staff recommend further consideration of Light Rail and Streetcar, but not Commuter Rail or Heavy Rail. The rationale is that current rail lines will…
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CRC Week: RC-7 to RC-12 the Supplemental Bridges
The second batch of projects to discuss are the supplemental freeway bridge concepts. Like the replacement bridges, they could be located either immediately east or west of the existing bridges, and come in three height variations: Low (65 foot verical clearance), Medium (110 foot vertical clearance) or High (130 foot vertical clearance). You can find…
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CRC Week: RC-1 to RC-6 the Replacement Bridges
The first batch of projects to discuss are the replacement freeway bridge concepts. They could be located either immediately east or west of the existing bridges, and come in three height variations: Low (65 foot verical clearance), Medium (110 foot vertical clearance) or High (130 foot vertical clearance). You can find detailed descriptions on pages…