HOT lanes racist? No.
Lousy idea? Yes!
PING!
HOT lanes are beyond stupid. Perhaps Virginia might want to consider actually widening 95 or working with Maryland to build a real bypass around DC.
Arlington County Head Up the Butt Alert!!
I moved here a few years ago from Montgomery County, and I’ve been learning ever since that I merely went from Commie China to Cuba.
Years ago Arlington County opposed I-66, and came up with lame excuses about congestion and local traffic, and demanded only two lanes on I-66, which, of course, has led to more congestion throughout the I-66 / Rte 28 corridor. Ever wondered why Rte 66 narrows? Idiot leadership in Arlington, that’s why.
Now this crap about racism and HOT lanes. Firstly, these are the fools who wanted Priuses to have full access to HOV3 lanes, which is a travesty and nothing but rent-seeking for the self-righteous.
A few months ago Arlington actually tried to argue that the HOT lanes would lead to more pollution by allowing for more traffic. Not its racism.
Nah: it’s stupidity, plain. I call the idiots weekly to remnind them. Too bad my wife needs to live in this place, b/c, really, Montgomery County looks like heaven compared to these fools who have squatted on the old Custis property.
The Arlington Board has the most communist members of any institution in the area, except for maybe the White House and Capitol Hill.
“...addressed every criteria in the National Environmental Policy Act, including one on social and economic justice.”
The fact that such criteria exist is scary.