Comments on: Heading Up the 101 and Down the Grade http://www.conejopost.com/archives/3154 Conejo Valley News, Observations, History and Humor Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:14:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: eco-nerd http://www.conejopost.com/archives/3154/comment-page-1#comment-9535 eco-nerd Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:51:54 +0000 http://www.conejopost.com/?p=3154#comment-9535 I'm glad that someone is talking about true costs. We tend to forget about the short and long-term external costs of a product. Get used to it is right. Welcome to urban sprawl, the product of increased prosperity, ample land, automobiles, cheap gasoline and poor urban planning. Its result is increased travel time, decreased energy efficiency, and destroyed cropland, forests, open spaces and wetlands while contributing to the death of many central cities. Talk about poor urban planning, it took me 30 minutes to drive two and a half miles down Kanan when they had one lane closed. I’m glad that someone is talking about true costs. We tend to forget about the short and long-term external costs of a product.
Get used to it is right. Welcome to urban sprawl, the product of increased prosperity, ample land, automobiles, cheap gasoline and poor urban planning. Its result is increased travel time, decreased energy efficiency, and destroyed cropland, forests, open spaces and wetlands while contributing to the death of many central cities.
Talk about poor urban planning, it took me 30 minutes to drive two and a half miles down Kanan when they had one lane closed.

]]> By: Ted http://www.conejopost.com/archives/3154/comment-page-1#comment-9500 Ted Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:08:09 +0000 http://www.conejopost.com/?p=3154#comment-9500 I love the monorail/light rail idea....but economically it's a tough sell in surburbia. There just isn't the density of people needed to make it work like it has in downtown Phoenix. Even in Las Vegas where I thought it was a great idea, the monorail went bankrupt. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE60D5J520100114 Granted if you counted the true costs of roads ,oil, gasoline and millions of vehicles etc....it makes sense for the state to subsidize such a system....but given the realities of the California budget.....get used to slow and go on the 101..... I love the monorail/light rail idea….but economically it’s a tough sell in surburbia.

There just isn’t the density of people needed to make it work like it has in downtown Phoenix. Even in Las Vegas where I thought it was a great idea, the monorail went bankrupt.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE60D5J520100114

Granted if you counted the true costs of roads ,oil, gasoline and millions of vehicles etc….it makes sense for the state to subsidize such a system….but given the realities of the California budget…..get used to slow and go on the 101…..

]]> By: Lisa Cordova Schwarz http://www.conejopost.com/archives/3154/comment-page-1#comment-9485 Lisa Cordova Schwarz Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:33:55 +0000 http://www.conejopost.com/?p=3154#comment-9485 Can you imagine (the bottle neck) when Springville is developed (Between Las Posas Rd. & Central Avenue) with 2500 more home, bringing additional traffic. If Developers get their way, another 2500 homes will be developed at the base on the Conjeo Grade, below Camarillo Springs, and South of the Ventura 101 Hwy... In The Middle of a Flood Plain! Can you imagine (the bottle neck) when Springville is developed (Between Las Posas Rd. & Central Avenue) with 2500 more home, bringing additional traffic. If Developers get their way, another 2500 homes will be developed at the base on the Conjeo Grade, below Camarillo Springs, and South of the Ventura 101 Hwy… In The Middle of a Flood Plain!

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