Dumb things people say about the Columbia River Crossing

There was an accident on the Interstate Bridge today.  The Columbian posted an article about it here. The first comment at the bottom says: "...what a tragedy that a new bridge could already be funded and slated to be built. Now we will live for decades with this growing traffic nightmare. I still don't get WHY the citizens of Clark County that commute aren't outraged by the lack of action on the part of Washington State Senators."

Of course - if only we had spent $3.4B on a new bridge we wouldn't ever have accidents or traffic jams any more.  Do people really think that way? Is this person just looking for any excuse to complain about not getting a new bridge?  FYI: I have driven from the 'Couve to Oregon for work for 19 of the 26 years I've been out of college.  I know what it's like.  And no - IMHO it's not worth $3.4B to fix it. And no - it shouldn't include light rail.  Not because (as some of the anti-bridge crowd love to say - making themselves look pretty foolish) of the 'crime train' - Vancouver has *plenty* of crime without Light Rail - in fact Oregon should be worried about us exporting some of our criminals that way.  No - the reason is that LR is simply not the right mode of transportation for this area.  What is?  I don't know - but what I do know is that the inventions around transportation seem to be coming at us at a faster pace than ever. 

I don't know what is going to be the solution to mass transportation in this area but I'm 100% confident that it's not light rail.  Spend the $3.4B on creating better jobs in Clark County, then traffic across the bridges every morning and afternoon.

Maybe - create jobs in Vancouver by bringing some new big business here - something that will bring lots of dollars and lots of family wage jobs to the area.  Like - possibly - an oil terminal? Nah - Vancouverites are against that too, apparently.