by Carol Sowers, The Arizona Republic, 30 December 2000.
QUOTES: “You think gridlock is bad now? Fast-forward to 2019, when transportation gurus predict Valley motorists could spend 300,000 hours a year idling in rush-hour traffic, 10 times more than in 1995… The most ambitious of the task force’s four proposals for untangling traffic could cost as much as $66 billion over the next 20 years. The cost may be paid by raising gas and sales taxes. The three other proposals could cost taxpayers $19 billion to $64 billion. The $66 billion would pay for widening highways such as Interstate 10, building commuter rail, expanding bus and airline service and constructing a freeway that would circle the outskirts of the Valley.”
