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1 month to repair a freeway for single-occupancy cars. Over twenty years to make a single lane of Geary Blvd buses-only (and still not done!) We have the abili
by buss 7y ago
1 month to repair a freeway for single-occupancy cars. Over twenty years to make a single lane of Geary Blvd buses-only (and still not done!)
We have the ability to do things quickly, but our government made it illegal unless there's an emergency.
- Anechoic 7y agoThese aren't the same situation. One is restoring a piece of infrastructure to it's original working condition, the other is making a substantial change in infrastructure that requires due diligence. The latter can certainly be more efficient, but it will never be (and shouldn't be) done in a month.
- forwhomst 7y agoActually, hours after this trucker blew up the freeway, caltrans was on the streets of oakland grinding up a bike lane to make an extra lane for cars, no public input required. “Diligence” is how they delay green transportation projects only.
- Anechoic 7y agocaltrans was on the streets of oakland grinding up a bike lane to make an extra lane for cars, If this was related to the fire, and temporary, it doesn't need a review. If it was permanent and done without review, I'd like to see a reference to this.
- forwhomst 7y agoIt's 2020 and we still don't have the bike lane back.
- inferiorhuman 7y agothe other is making a substantial change in infrastructure that requires due diligence No, the transit improvements on Geary (and anywhere else in the city) are not slow in coming because of due diligence. The improvements have taken DECADES because NIMBYs stand in the way at every single opportunity. Same shit you see along Van Ness where perpetual scourge Peskin threw a hissy fit over the fucking street lamps. The Napoleon of North Beach ground the whole process to a halt over something so trivial that it could've been dealt with after or during construction. Improvements along Taraval got bogged down after the guy that owns Great Wall Hardware (Albert Chow) did his best to publicly sabotage any change. In that case the MTA had already determined that Tarval was particularly dangerous to pedestrians and transit riders but safety is apparently bad for his business.
- Anechoic 7y ago"The latter can certainly be more efficient [..]"
- inferiorhuman 7y ago"The latter can certainly be more efficient [..]" Due diligence can be made more efficient but due diligence isn't usually the holdup.
- exabrial 7y agoThat's exactly what I thought. I think this highlights the extreme inefficiency in the "normal" process unfortunately.
- stevehawk 7y agoThat government is voted for by the people
- inferiorhuman 7y agoWe have the ability to do things quickly, but our government made it illegal unless there's an emergency. Transit improvements to Geary won't come until the businesses in the Geary Boulevard Merchants Ass'n relent, that's not a government issue (unless you consider Bitchin' Baklava and Wayne Lee, DDS & Associates, etc, etc to be government).