FAQ's

Updated June 20, 2001

Frequently Asked Questions

Residents, businesses, and commuters are asking important questions about the project. This page provides a summary of the questions most frequently asked. Click on the question below to read our response.

Are you going to consider transportation solutions besides roads?

What are some examples of the strategies that this investment study will evaluate?

Won’t improving the Gambell Street to McCarrey Street section just move the bottleneck somewhere else?

Can’t the problem on the Glenn Highway be fixed by simply timing the lights better?

What’s the process for identifying corridor improvements?

Who will make the final decision on corridor improvements?

What’s the project schedule?

Has the team used nationally accepted standards for determining the goals, study techniques, and evaluation measures?

What is an MIS?

I thought that an MIS was supposed to be different - This just seems like a capacity study.

How did you consider land use and the location of future population and community growth in developing the transportation strategies?

How will the project impact access and connectivity in Mountain View?

Why is the Glenn Highway corridor so important?

Has the project considered maximizing the efficiency of existing transportation systems?

Has the project set a resonable standard for congestion relief (Level of Service), such as the standard applied for the rest of Anchorage?

Why aren't you considering other routes to solve the problem, such as Muldoon Road or a Bonifcae extention?

Did you consider HOV lanes?

Why haven't you conducted an Origin-Destination Study?