Congrats PDOT on achieving some of your key goals...reduced motor vehicle trips, etc. Maybe some of the capital projects designed to move more of same can be put off or dumped all together. Shift more resources into the Options Division...strike while the iron is hot, and of course BOM, though potholes can work as random speedbumps and make residential streets safer. Capital projects should focus on low cost efforts...bike facilities, trails and access to transit...that continue this wonderful trend of fewer motor vehicle miles and less dependence on foregn oil.
Freight is a winner too when fewer people commute in single occupancy vehicles in the peak hours. PDOT's Freight Committee should shift its focus to increasing these trends behind the motto: 2 SOVs removed = 1 Semi on our key arterials and freeways.