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It would be remiss if we failed to point out the fact that the interstate is not for local traffic. It was designed by Eisenhower to get from army base to army base quickly and efficiently between states [hence inter-, not intra-, state] during wartime. We're supposed to be using the surface roads. I think our use of the interstate for local travel has compounded the deterioration of our roads.
I understand that the traffic light timing in BR was designed by a moron, and that it's just easier to hop on the interstate to get from Sherwood Forest to Airline than to try and battle Sherwood and Florida's or Old Hammond's nightmares. I do it, too.
I think the overall problem here is the laissez faire attitude regarding problems within our state. The surface streets went to hell, so people turn to the interstate. That goes to hell, and now instead of being PROactive, the state becomes REactive. The loop is a REaction to the outcry. They've had this Loop plan for years; if they'd implemented it years ago, they could have prevented the 35-mile parking lot.
An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.
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