Editor:
Not sure why people complain about having “only” three lanes each way in the tunnel.
Sure, you could build 10 lanes for future growth although those wide highways would take out a lot of productive farmland and guess what?
When you get to Oak Street bridge you’re still going to back up because it’s only four lanes and that isn’t going to change. There is plenty of research that shows that when you expand roadways the traffic quickly increases to plug it up again.
The best thing about this tunnel design is dedicated transit lanes.
I own a car, but I hardly ever drive it through the tunnel. Transit is fast, efficient and I can read my book.
People need to get out of their cars unless they don’t have an option.
Jane McCall
