(Opinion #34. Feb. 27, 2008. Below is the complete 1-page newsletter. Also available as a pdf file.)

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Most traffic predictions seem to be based on the growth patterns of the last decade, when our city virtually doubled in size. Growth like that can’t be maintained for long or we’d soon be passing Bombay and Mexico City as the world’s largest metropolis.

Sooner or later, growth has to slow, stop or even reverse and when that happens, the roads we already have are going to be fine for our needs.

Related Links

• TRAFFIC TROUBLES: Worse congestion predicted - Transportation director seeks more funding , Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2/23/08.
  
  
• Reason Foundation
  • 2006 traffic study
  • Main Website
  • Wikipedia Entry
  • SourceWatch on Reason Foundation, including donor list
  
  
• CLARK COUNTY POPULATION: 2 MILLION - Error results in discovery of about 27,000 uncounted residents , Las Vegas Review-Journal, 12/5/07
  
  
• Technically, Bombay is now known officially as "Mumbai," but "Bombay" better conveys the romantic image of squalor that we were looking for.
  
• Also see our previous Newsletter #31 on the R-J: R-J SUX! Study Finds No Intelligent Life at the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  
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