I already touched on the problems presented to developing, maintaining, and upgrading transit systems for an area in my Urban Growth Projections For The Charleston Area post a month and a half ago, but it seems to be an ongoing topic that will undoubtedly surface from time to time whenever people realize what a great place Charleston is.
I did a little research and found South Carolina’s traffic numbers by county which gives the raw data needed to evaluate future projections of our usage patterns, but I have another option I’d like to suggest to the delegation in Columbia. If they haven’t taken a look at this technology yet, I hope they do so in the near future. It would not only get us home safer and with less stress by cutting down traffic, but it would improve the environment with decreased greenhouse gas emissions (CO2), add to the life of our personal vehicles - since it would significantly cut down on the amount of time that we use them - and add jobs to the local economy because of the infrastructure and manufacturing jobs necessary for implementation of the technology.
You can view a gallery of pictures I grabbed from a Dual Mode Vehicle flickr photostream which showcase the technology, and watch a short video of Japan’s Dual Mode Vehicle in action here:
For an in-depth analysis on the topic, here are the latest numbers from CARTA, and just today, the Cato Institute has released Roadmap to Gridlock: The Failure of Long-Range Metropolitan Transportation Planning, which I am listening to on C-SPAN right now.
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