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johnbrownbody t1_iv3cezw wrote

Reply to comment by thud_mantooth in Maryland and Virginia replacing potentially deadly Beltway guardrails by NathanBacaNews

Thats true, a reasonable compromise is for emergency services to be able to use the highway while WMSC ensures that systems are safe for everyday usage, and commuters cannot use the service until that occurs.

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thud_mantooth t1_iv3dlmg wrote

Shifting the entire commuting population into surface streets, with a significantly higher accidents/mile rate than the highway, is also not a good approach. It's kinda crazy to me how much people will ignore externalities because fuck the beltway or something.

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johnbrownbody t1_iv3e8tq wrote

I think you're missing a joke about the amount of hoops that metro has to go through to get metro up and running while people can just kill each other on the highway and no one blinks an eye.

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