Los Angeles Commuters Comment on How They Would Solve Traffic Congestion
This webpage offers 500+ views on how to "solve" Los Angeles congestion woes. Everyone appears to have their own pet issue. Some people would raise the driver's minimum age (perhaps to 95?). Some would ban immigrants or everyone who moved to the U.S before 1812. Please look at http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2007/01/welcome.html#comments
Relatively few people discuss pricing incentives to address peak demand. Is that surprising? Are there any neo-classical economists in Los Angeles? My wife and I are here to increase the supply of this scarce resource!
The vocal people who write in request more public transit investments. In the year 2000, 7% of LA metro area commuters got to work by public transit. It is true that this % increased from 5% in 1970 but still this looks like a relatively small group of commuters.
I do find letters to the editor to be the most interesting feature of newspapers each day. That and the weather report and sports page and obituary page --- so I salute the LA Times for helping to aggregate public opinion.
Maybe researchers should figure out how to use such data to think about how the public views such issues? While the sample of letter bloggers is not a representative sample, the talk is "less cheap" than what random survey respondents offer in a random dial survey. Do you disagree?
Relatively few people discuss pricing incentives to address peak demand. Is that surprising? Are there any neo-classical economists in Los Angeles? My wife and I are here to increase the supply of this scarce resource!
The vocal people who write in request more public transit investments. In the year 2000, 7% of LA metro area commuters got to work by public transit. It is true that this % increased from 5% in 1970 but still this looks like a relatively small group of commuters.
I do find letters to the editor to be the most interesting feature of newspapers each day. That and the weather report and sports page and obituary page --- so I salute the LA Times for helping to aggregate public opinion.
Maybe researchers should figure out how to use such data to think about how the public views such issues? While the sample of letter bloggers is not a representative sample, the talk is "less cheap" than what random survey respondents offer in a random dial survey. Do you disagree?
posted by Matthew Kahn at 3:54 PM
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