Here’s the live traffic map at 8:30 am on Tuesday morning. Red equals congestion.
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Remind us again why spending several billion on Port Mann and Highway 1 was a necessity in order to relieve unacceptable congestion.
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Because Vancouver motorists and traffic engineers suffer the same definition and concept of traffic movement as the rest of North America:
1. Definition – if there’s someone in front of you, and you have to slow down or occasionally stop, there’s congestion.
2. Concept – Road congestion is like water pressure. Install a second or wider pipe (build more roads) for the same amount of water (cars) and you decrease pressure (congestion). The fact that it’s referred to as “congestion” instead of “bunching”, which is more accurate, says it all.
Add the element of suburban motorist entitlement into the mix, and you can rationalize any expense whatsoever. This is why we’re spending billions. You did ask to be reminded.
Are you trying to say, “If they build it, its capacity will be used to generate some natural congestion level, and then demands for even more and wider roads and bridges will follow.” They must be drunk on concrete – or just greedy for the $ that making it produces!
I don’t think it’s just a matter of simple greed, although a lot of people’s livelihoods depend on planning, designing, building, and maintaining roads. Many honest and dedicated people really and truly believe that “congestion”, however defined, is a terrible problem that can only be fixed by building more roads. It’s an almost religious conviction with some people.
Anyone on the Port Mann this morning will know that this was an extraordinary event, causing the congestion.
NEWS 1130 Traffic @NEWS1130Traffic
8:04 #TRAFFICALERT It’s a single lane east and westbound on #BCHwy1 near the Cape Horn due to a crash – volume heavy across the #PortMann
Because if we didn’t widen port mann bridge, then when we widen the Hwy1 between Abottsford and Surrey, there would be even more congestion.