Monday, January 22, 2007

Deep in the (Diseased) Heart of Texas
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Nothing shouts out "concern for the environment" like...18 lane freeways:

Between 2003 and 2009, $2.7 billion of state and federal money will have been plowed into expanding 23 miles of Interstate-10 in west Houston to as wide as 18 lanes in some stretches of the city's main east-west road...

The sprawling Houston metropolitan area, home to more than 5 million people, caters to drivers. Multi-deck parking garages are affixed to most large apartment complexes and there are drive-through lanes at pharmacies, banks, dry cleaners and coffee shops like Starbucks Corp...


Um, Houston...you have a problem.

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