Apparently, we St. Louisans haven’t sufficiently re-arranged our lives so that MoDot can close a highway for a year:
Officials say they’ve noticed commuters falling back into their old routines. The peak travel times are 7 to 8 a.m. and 5 to 6 p.m. again, and officials will make a new call for commuters to stretch out their travel times so there’s less congestion.
“Falling back into their old routines” makes it sounds like we’re smoking and drinking rather than taking our kids to school and earning a living for ourselves.
I love how MoDot, whose job it is to build and maintain a transportation infrastructure to enable these things, shifts the onus back on us commuters. If their plans don’t work, it’s our fault for “falling back into old routines” rather than their fault for not planning things through.
I guess we could take transit, instead! Oh, yeah…
Also included is them closing a ramp that added 10 minutes to my commute tonight, out of safety concerns they claim are bogus.
Urgghhhhhhh ….
