Another day sitting in 101 traffic, another night reading the IJ full of complaints lacking constructive solutions.
- solutions to traffic in Marin
Sure, we can sit around and hope the magical candy train from Sonoma will one day solve everything, but even a best case scenario is years away.  Roads and cars are here to stay and what we need are practical solutions that involve roads and cars.
Here’s one:  add metering lights to all those same freeway entrances that create the same backups every day.  It’s a simple fix that gets the cars on slower and works wonders (is there one in all of Marin?).  While we’re at it lets get the cars off faster at places like 3rd Street by fixing the lights and/or intersection there to keep the traffic from backing onto the freeway.  Cars that backed up isn’t just bad for traffic, it’s dangerous.  City lights and intersections are an easy fix that can be done by local leaders; no need to whine and wait for federal involvement.
 Here’s another one open to a creative solution:  Find a way to charge a toll to all those transient commuters working in places like the Presidio (thanks George) but living in the East Bay.  Ever notice how the Richmond Bridge routes are jammed up in the evening but not in the morning?  No bridge tolls in that direction and better than taking city streets to the Bay Bridge.
 Come on car people of Marin; let’s get some real car solutions.     JJ Jackson  Jackson.jj@gmail.com
