tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669744619493654468.post2663720368511541977..comments2024-01-13T11:37:46.885-08:00Comments on Nanaimo Commons: Are $15M intersections sound investments in the greater public good?Frank Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06350719890691745740noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669744619493654468.post-25041078855618763652017-07-04T11:30:25.403-07:002017-07-04T11:30:25.403-07:00The addict analogy’s a good one and extends to the...The addict analogy’s a good one and extends to the enablers and the dealers. Weak and often cynical politicos and technocrats keep feeding the beast with its own money as more and more harm is done to the city. <br /><br />Time to ask: If you take the last, say, 10 years and total the $10s of millions spent on city arterial roads, is driving in Nanaimo better now? Is there less congestion, are there fewer crashes, are fewer people injured or even killed on our roads? <br /><br />Addicts can’t be expected to act rationally but but we should expect it from our political leadership and their support staff of planners and engineersFrank Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06350719890691745740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669744619493654468.post-11209359335028476262017-07-03T16:18:17.226-07:002017-07-03T16:18:17.226-07:00An "addiction" is defined as a person re...An "addiction" is defined as a person responding to a harmful substance or activity by desiring more of that substance or activity. Collectively we are addicted to the automobile, but like other addictions we recoil at the very thought that we are addicted and thus must wean ourselves off.<br />That's why we pay such enormous financial, social, health and environmental costs for the "freedom" of having our own cars. Not "conservative" at all!Ian Gartshorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17386407051109165892noreply@blogger.com