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Old December 14th 04, 11:27 PM
The Real Bev
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"Scott en Aztlán" wrote:
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> CA residents: Tell Caltrans what you think about our roads!
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> http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/maint/external_survey/


Done, but I hate it when they don't give you space to editorialize.
What I MOST wish they'd do is fix the goddam bumps on the freeways where
one surface joins another. The nasty CRASH as you move onto the bridge,
for instance, is annoying. Maybe people driving cars with nice soft
suspensions don't notice stuff like that, but I do.

I'm also ****ed because they've closed the road up to Big Bear from 8:30
am to 4:00 pm for the last two weeks to remove dead trees. They didn't
notice them before the ski season started?

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Old December 15th 04, 08:45 AM
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"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
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> CA residents: Tell Caltrans what you think about our roads!
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> http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/maint/external_survey/
>

Since the survey seemed at least partially skewed in favor of public
transportation (the reference appeared in three different questions), I made
a note of that as an Other in the traffic congestion question:

Public transportation is not a viable option since schedules often require
multiple transfers and do not run long enough to allow work schedule
flexibilty.


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Old December 15th 04, 08:45 AM
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"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
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> CA residents: Tell Caltrans what you think about our roads!
>
> http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/maint/external_survey/
>

Since the survey seemed at least partially skewed in favor of public
transportation (the reference appeared in three different questions), I made
a note of that as an Other in the traffic congestion question:

Public transportation is not a viable option since schedules often require
multiple transfers and do not run long enough to allow work schedule
flexibilty.


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Old December 16th 04, 12:49 AM
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Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> CA residents: Tell Caltrans what you think about our roads!
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> http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/maint/external_survey/
>


What bugs me is that the survey is in English and Spanish. You can't
take the survey in English, you can't read the signs on the road, and
you should be driving.



John

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Old December 16th 04, 12:49 AM
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Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> CA residents: Tell Caltrans what you think about our roads!
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> http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/maint/external_survey/
>


What bugs me is that the survey is in English and Spanish. You can't
take the survey in English, you can't read the signs on the road, and
you should be driving.



John

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Old December 21st 04, 08:31 PM
John David Galt
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Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/maint/external_survey/


Thanks, I told them congestion is priority 1 and they should stop wasting
our gas-tax and car-tax on public transportation that nobody uses and start
building more freeways. They've got 30 years of catching up to do.
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Old December 21st 04, 08:31 PM
John David Galt
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Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/maint/external_survey/


Thanks, I told them congestion is priority 1 and they should stop wasting
our gas-tax and car-tax on public transportation that nobody uses and start
building more freeways. They've got 30 years of catching up to do.
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Old December 22nd 04, 03:24 AM
John David Galt
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Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:31:18 -0800, John David Galt
> > wrote:
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>>Scott en Aztlán wrote:
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>>>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/maint/external_survey/

>>
>> Thanks, I told them congestion is priority 1 and they should stop wasting
>> our gas-tax and car-tax on public transportation that nobody uses and start
>> building more freeways. They've got 30 years of catching up to do.


> I didn't know Caltrans was in change of making those decisions...


Those decisions pass through many hands before anything gets built, but
Caltrans has to OK all of them. And Caltrans is usually responsible for
the fact that the public-comment process is only announced locally, so
that the local NIMBYs and eco-nuts are always able to outshout the
(really much greater number of) drivers who need a project to be built.
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Old December 22nd 04, 03:24 AM
John David Galt
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Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:31:18 -0800, John David Galt
> > wrote:
>
>
>>Scott en Aztlán wrote:
>>
>>>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/maint/external_survey/

>>
>> Thanks, I told them congestion is priority 1 and they should stop wasting
>> our gas-tax and car-tax on public transportation that nobody uses and start
>> building more freeways. They've got 30 years of catching up to do.


> I didn't know Caltrans was in change of making those decisions...


Those decisions pass through many hands before anything gets built, but
Caltrans has to OK all of them. And Caltrans is usually responsible for
the fact that the public-comment process is only announced locally, so
that the local NIMBYs and eco-nuts are always able to outshout the
(really much greater number of) drivers who need a project to be built.
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Old December 23rd 04, 07:00 AM
The Real Bev
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John David Galt wrote:
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> Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> > http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/maint/external_survey/

>
> Thanks, I told them congestion is priority 1 and they should stop wasting
> our gas-tax and car-tax on public transportation that nobody uses and start
> building more freeways. They've got 30 years of catching up to do.


It will be interesting to see how many people regard landscaping as
Caltrans' most important function. I find it disgusting that it was
even on the list when there are so many REAL things that need doing.

That being said, I recently noticed the beautiful forest they created
~30 years ago on the banks of the 210 through Pasadena. There are even
some Moreton Bay fig trees perhaps 6 feet in diameter, which is
extraordinarily cool. The bad part is that the freeway is raised
through here, and the only people who can appreciate the plantings are
the residents of the frontage roads. They'd be a perfect place for kids
to play if they weren't fenced off with 6' chain link.

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