L.C. 10.13 - High Speed Highways Act - Vetoed - Override Failed

[Sestak]

This is idiotic, to say the least.

[Sestak]

There is, by the way, not going to be a single cent of federal funding for any of this nonsense if it passes. I am not backing the further demolition of (mostly low-income) neighborhoods to build clones of Houston’s 26-lane monstrosities. Urban freeways have done enough damage to communities already.

[Sestak]

How about you just don’t increase the speed limit anywhere in urban areas?

LT’s bill’s standards for determining where the speed limit can be increased are quite good, borrowing some of the language from there wouldn’t be a bad idea.

[Sestak]

More lanes does nothing to solve traffic and everything to make it worse; and as discussed previously, there are also safety concerns with express lanes in urban areas. Quite frankly I see no reason to have any of these “high speed” lanes in urban areas at all.