Pacifica Tribune Letters to the Editor, 9/18/13. "Widening vs. PFC" by Jeffrey Cooper
| John and others dream of the good life |
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| Our reality, another bad afternoon on Highway 1 |
How is this possible? Assuming you're an electrician making prevailing wage and you had to wait in traffic 23 minutes (as I did on Wednesday 9/11) for each day worked during the year, approximately 254 days, the additional time you spent in traffic for which you could have been working would have cost you $5,165 for the year. Assuming 5,365 people live in the southern part of Pacifica, that represents $29,099,610 in lost wages for the year. I didn't even calculate the return trip, fuel, and frustration.
The bottom line is that traffic on the coast will only continue to grow year after year whether you are for the project or not. You cannot simply put more traffic through the same amount of space. With this fact, the EIR evaluates the ways in which more traffic can be accommodated which will have to include a widening.
Note: The above Letter to the Editor appeared in the Pacifica Tribune as one paragraph. Photographs: Bicycle riding from Metaefficient; Traffic congestion from Haaretz.com.
7 comments:
I like this guy's math. Where do I apply for my refund? Then, I'd like to become an electrician, please.
Good letter Jeff. We need to move forward on this. No more delays.
The anti widening people have no real arguments. All their facts are made up. All of their alternative solutions are junk science. Their only tool is to file frivolous lawsuits. The city should ask for legal fees when they lose.
The other solution is far more practical. Put a moratorium on all further growth on the coast. No growth, no growth in traffic. Problem solved by the stroke of a pen rather than the engines of Wall Street.
Is the letter writer the Jeff Cooper on the Pacifica Planning Commission?
I do not have the time to wait in traffic. 20 minutes in traffic. My goodness what an inconvenience!
It is Violet when its an ambulance or fire truck that's trying to get through. Fire and PD have gone on the record saying the traffic delays response which can mean life or death. So yeah even 5 minutes can be serious.
Oh put a sock in it, Vi.
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