I recently read an article promoting the use of double-decker freeways in the Los Angeles area, and it made me sick. In the Bay Area we can't even get a real freeway between Montague Expressway and Highway 101 without passing a new road tax. We can't get a real interchange between 680 and 880. It's time to rise up to the challenge and petition our legislators for more funds.
Roads are out for the most part.
Expensive, Band-Aid solutions of today will look weak and pale with tomorrow's traffic. We need Caltrain improvements, regional rail, light rail, high-speed rail, all with capacities of carrying 12 or more times what a mile of highway will handle. Hey, at least BART is coming to town. Q Back when I sat on Highway 85 cursing the carpool lane and even after several years of carpooling, I would think a lot about the elitist nature of carpool lanes and how they really have become a commodity rather than an incentive. This stupid idea of allowing people to pay a toll to use the carpool lane just confirms that.