Thursday, July 24, 2008

No detriments to high gas prices

Wow another great benefit of higher gas prices, no more road widening, to pile on reduced VMT, reduced gas consumption, lower fatalities, higher public transit usage, reduced pollution, and improved national security by virtue of alternatives to gas consumption, etc.

When will policy makers stop moaning and start cheering a ladder for $20/gallon along with some minor TDM strategies? Parking cashout, unbundled parking, service location in a 1/4 mile walking circle, etc would work.

Yesterday we heard from Peninsula Traffic Relief Alliance that all their last mile shuttles are running full.

Soaring gasoline prices may be hurting Uncle Sam in the wallet too from reduced inflow from the federal gasoline tax as Richard Simon wrote in the LA Times. But because policy makers have filled the coffers in Saudi Arabia for the last fifty years to our detriment, we are all benefiting now as motorists make more responsible choices by cutting back on their driving and buying more fuel-efficient cars.

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