Editor,
This letter is in response to the article on the Managed Lanes traffic initiative (“Lane effort building its momentum”) that was published in the July 16 edition of the Daily Journal. It seems unreasonable to provide an ultimatum between express lanes or no project. Is this just a way to force more taxes onto residents?
Carpool lanes make much more sense. They benefit everyone equally and encourage people to carpool. Carpool lanes provide a natural way to ease traffic congestion while promoting environmental protection. They allow people to take personal responsibility for the well-being of our highways and environment.
Express lanes, on the other hand, can leave a bad taste. They take control from people and force you to pay for the privilege of a better commute. It takes the pleasant feeling of doing good for the environment and your community and turns it into a burden and creates yet another vehicle for divisiveness.
While consultant Leo Scott suggested tolls would average $1 per mile, the toll is most certainly going to rise following the current rise in transit taxes. As the toll price rises, so too would the divisiveness between commuters. While $1 per mile may not seem like much to some, for minimum wage workers it may well account for a good portion of their hourly rate. It would be a shame for this initiative to turn into another mechanism for the affluent to pay their way to a better and less stressful life.
Saul Villanueva Sosa
Redwood City
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If people want to pay more for a better commute I think we should let them. It seems that those willing to do so would no longer be competing with the people in the free lanes, thereby lessening traffic for the rest of us at no cost. I think it is a very honest way to increase funds for transportation and it is elective decision.
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