[bus man]

So, let me get this straight. If they widen the highway, it will magically spawn more cars?

Actually, yes. It's called "induced demand." When a road is made better (by adding more lanes, for example), more people who previously found some other way to go (took the bus, used other routes, drove at off-peak times) start to use the expanded road.

That said, if they do nothing, things are guaranteed to get worse. And I-70 through eastern Denver is already a mess; only 6 lanes wide (3 each way), IIRC, and much of it is on an elevated viaduct that has probably passed its useful life span by now, not to mention being visually as ugly as sin. Widening the road, and depressing it below the surface streets, would be a huge improvement not only for people who drive there, but for the unfortunate souls who are stuck living next to it.

[Paladin2]

Eastern I70 was bad for rush hour traffic in the middle 70’s.

[publius911]

Widening the road, and depressing it below the surface streets, would be a huge improvement not only for people who drive there, but for the unfortunate souls who are stuck living next to it.

Better stick to buses...
You're not even close to having even a scintilla of highway engineering design and maintenance experience in snow country, do you.

"Ugly as sin" sort of gives the agenda away.

[Bryanw92]

>>Actually, yes. It’s called “induced demand.” When a road is made better (by adding more lanes, for example), more people who previously found some other way to go (took the bus, used other routes, drove at off-peak times) start to use the expanded road.

It’s I-70. The other routes are even worse.