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The only thing surprising was the speed. And even that wasn't that surprising.

The Steamroller Express, captained by David Tandy and Kevin Kramer, rolled through The Transportation and Public Works committee last night and passed a resolution that allows the Beshear-Abramson ticket to appoint anyone they want to make all the decisions about the Bridges project. They also rejected a motion to hold hearings on the bridges project.

Unless Metro Council develops a spine -- an unlikely prospect -- there is only one thing to say:

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It's a pretty simple proposition, really:

• Build the East End bridge first;
• Redo the traffic study to see if it makes sense to do 8664 in order to give yourself political cover;
• Then do 8664;
• Achieve this:

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This is just very cool and very well done. No matter what you think of 8664 (see my post below for my opinion), you can't help but get excited about the possibilities when you watch this video. Kudos to whoever created it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX4RSAGkoL0

The Bruce Maples Bridge Plan:

1. Build the East End bridge first.
2. Once it's up and running, wait about six months for the traffic patterns to settle out, then do an exhaustive traffic study across the region. Post all of the results on a public web site, along with whatever analysis is done, to enable a robust public debate about next steps.
3. Base the decision on building the downtown bridge, and on implementing 8664 (two separate issues), on the new traffic study as well as regional transportation options, funding possibilities, and projections for automobile use over the next 50 years.

Why is this so hard to understand? Why would we approach the bridge question any other way?

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