Comments on: Opinion: We need to move more people over the Bay bridges, not more cars https://marylandreporter.com/2019/09/12/opinion-we-need-to-move-more-people-over-the-bay-bridges-not-more-cars/ The news site for government and politics in the Free State Fri, 13 Sep 2019 14:10:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Andrew Farkas https://marylandreporter.com/2019/09/12/opinion-we-need-to-move-more-people-over-the-bay-bridges-not-more-cars/#comment-18650 Fri, 13 Sep 2019 14:10:36 +0000 https://marylandreporter.com/?p=3180409#comment-18650 If you’re suggesting off-peak toll reductions only, then that solution is a partial one. You also have to have higher peak tolls to actually reduce traffic during peaks and move it to off peak. Of course daily commuters would have to be accomodated. Use the price mechanism fully. If not, at least do away with cash tolls; that would speed the process.

This article, as do others, mention the erroneous concept of “induced demand.” There is no such thing; it is “induced traffic,” resulting from the lower price of travel as supply (another bridge) expands capacity.

]]> By: Dale McNamee https://marylandreporter.com/2019/09/12/opinion-we-need-to-move-more-people-over-the-bay-bridges-not-more-cars/#comment-18652 Thu, 12 Sep 2019 23:10:17 +0000 https://marylandreporter.com/?p=3180409#comment-18652 How would buses help in getting to Ocean City ? One still needs a car to get around…

Isn’t it funny how the problem disappears one the summer ends ?

Also, let’s not forget Governor Schaefer’s ” Reach the Beach” program that may have exacerbated the problem…

And why not travel overnight or in the very early morning to avoid the other “lemmings” that blindly and mindelessly drive at the same time ?

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