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We need to reach an 80 percent reduction in global warming emissions by 2050. That is just 42 short years away! To do that, the region's drivers need to reduce vehicle miles traveled by 68 percent. I don't see how a 12-lane bridge will do that for the region. In fact, it will just produce "induced demand," more drivers to fill up the lanes as soon as it's built.

We need a creative solution to the Columbia Crossing solution, not an 1985-style highway bridge.

posted 4 years, 11 months ago
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