Metro: No Idea Whether Transportation Plans Work Because They Don’t Check

February 4, 2010

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 On deadline for work but here are two extraordinary quotes from today’s Zero about an attempted audit of the efficacy of Metro’s planning for density and transportation. The upshot? They can’t tell. Of course, the Zero missed the lead but here it is:

 The underlying assumption of the long-range plan is that denser development would result in an efficient transportation system, Flynn said in the audit. Residents would travel less, have more transportation options and spend less for transportation and housing.
Flynn’s staff also couldn’t determine from Metro’s in-house information whether the region’s transportation projects have been effective. Metro didn’t analyze completed projects, in part because Metro’s planners were too busy planning the next series of transportation projects to circle back and check if the previous ones worked.

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