Charleston, SC, USA- On Tuesday evening, Oct. 28 Hungryneck Straphangers will publish the list of Lowcountry Political Candidates and Political Leaders who have been on the public transit bus with us during this election cycle and back to Feb. 2013.
The Web page is already set up: http://hungryneckstraphangers.com/...
We also have a detailed page about Transit Issues and guidance to voting for better Transit in the Lowcountry in the 2014.
http://hungryneckstraphangers.com/...
Members of the Media interviewing candidates may want to ask them about the results of our Transportation Proposals Survey. We've just completed a resurvey of the top ten responses from our orginal 15 item preliminary survey and the top responses are essentially the same. On both surveys, establshing a commuter rail system linking Summerville, Moncks Corner and Charleston to and through North Charleston was the overwhealming favorite of respondents even though the proposal called for taking the 100 million dollar additional cost out of road construction projects.
http://hungryneckstraphangers.com/...
We will continue to offer guided rides to Lowcountry Candidats and political leaders of all parties through to Friday Morning at 10 am. Written inviations have been hand delivered to Lindsey Graham, Mark Sanford, Thomas Ravenel, Vincent Sheheen, and Bakari Sellers. Weve sent a blanket invitation to all other Republican candidates through their Charleston County Chairman via Facebook, receipt of which was aknowledged. We expect several additional rides this week. Full information on that effort can be found at: http://hungryneckstraphangers.com/...
Indications are that if the economy continues to grow, traffic in the Charleston metropolitan area will degrade to regualr periodic systemwide gridlock in between one and two years from now, the period during which all officials elected next week will serve. It nearly reached such levels in 2007 before the economic crash. Lower employment levels, a rise in online purchasing activity (nobody drives to Blockbuster any more) and an aging population has delayed our return to a level of congestion which brings us to the verge of systemic failure, but it is now rapidly approaching. The Friday afternoon regional traffic lockup of two weeks ago, caused by several routine car collissions, is a taste of what is coming. All the road projects proposed and funded, including 526 and the new road around Boeing cannot reasolve this regional problem.
We hope the media will offer voters the oppotunity to learn what our political leaders think about the proposals the public voted on.
With Gridlock so close now, we're not planning a major effort to persuade the public to build major regional rail or alternative transportation systems at this time. Studies have already been done. We recognize that the will to fund and build them will only arrive when the cars stop moving. The question is which of these candidates will be ready to address that problem when gridlock becomes a three times a week occurance in the Lowcountry.