And of course road building and maintenance are crucial ongoing activities. Expanding peripheral highways and adding new high-volume intersections at the outer edge of the urban growth boundary will mean more cars making longer trips over the same basic road network. Lanes claimed for Bus Rapid Transit may restrict automobile traffic flow. Trend modeling used for projections in the plan is deeply flawed Timelines have been gerrymandered to over-count the value of improvements. Projections include traffic improvements that the plan won't pay for.
Projections count improvements from nodal development, yet there's no funding for that either.
TransPlan does not really support Nodal Development Despite lip service to the concept, TransPlan is not serious about nodal development. True nodal development is one of the best ways available to build compact livable cities without suburban sprawl. Fake nodal development is just a loophole for subsidies to big developers. Transportation infrastructure creates development, because of simple economics. The current TransPlan is dedicated to expanding peripheral highways and adding new high-volume intersections right at the edge of the urban growth boundary.