Comments on: long commutes bad for your healthcare

By: Transitplans

Transitplans — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:12:22 +0000

Congestion pricing and transit are interdependent. One cannot successfully without the other. If there are no alternatives, people will have no option other than to pay the fee.

Land use and transit are also interdependent. Smart land use enables transit. Good transit supports smart land use.

By: South Bay Resident

South Bay Resident — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:30:52 +0000

Transitplans:

It depends on what you want to do. If your goal is to maximize transit use then the BRT/HOT lane option seems like the way to go, however, if your goal is to minimize travel time, then the freeway performance option (strategic widening, metering lights and more HOV lanes) is the way to go. In fact, the freeway upgrades, combined with congestion pricing and/or land use controls are the only option that the MTC claims can offer a reduction in traffic congestion.

By: Transitplans

Transitplans — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:59:06 +0000

http://www.mtc.ca.gov/planning/2035_plan/tech_report.htm
Check out the details of MTC’s scenario modeling. Putting more buses on the streets will outperform all the fancy new rail proposals combined.

By: Capricious Commuter

Capricious Commuter — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:21:06 +0000

Well put, Mike. Too often I neglect the transit-dependent in these discussions. I can’t even accept the idea of taking the bus to get to BART during my deadline-ruled schedule. When our office moved to nearly 2 miles from BART, it really screwed up the lives of some of my co-workers, who now have to add an hour of waiting for buses to any trip they have to take out of the office.

By: miked

miked — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:30:06 +0000

The health care dilemma also applies to car-less people who depend on transit. Daily schedules often do not work well with transit trips to dentists or doctors, especially if you want one closer to home than to work.

This isn’t just hard on the distance commuter, it’s also hard on the transit dependent or transit oriented commuter. Only the “drive a short distance to work” type is in any sort of “good shape” on this.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:15:55 +0000

I have had the health care dilemma. I used to commute 55 miles each way. I slowly moved most of my health care providers close to home, and now I no longer commute. I still get my hair cut and visit a chiropractor close to my old job because I really like both of them.