Received: from opus.hpl.hp.com (root@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis [15.0.168.176]) by jr.hpl.hp.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id HAA21988 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 31 Mar 2000 07:28:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from hplabs.hpl.hp.com (hplabs.hpl.hp.com [15.255.176.47]) by opus.hpl.hp.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id HAA14386 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 31 Mar 2000 07:28:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from goose.prod.itd.earthlink.net (goose.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.120.18]) by hplabs.hpl.hp.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/HPL-PA Relay) with ESMTP id HAA01472 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 31 Mar 2000 07:28:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from earthlink.net (pool0272.cvx20-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net [209.179.251.17]) by goose.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA23167 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 31 Mar 2000 07:25:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <38E4C371.1F9EAA7E@earthlink.net-DeleteThis> Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 07:25:38 -0800 From: Mary and Tom Gandesbery <tmgan@earthlink.net-DeleteThis> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: SFO Expansion - Excuse Me?! References: <OFACAB8CD9.0BD49FDC-ON852568B2.00728E3C@urscorp.com-DeleteThis> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
You hit the nail on the head there buddy. A problem with the current
environmental laws is that they are weak when it comes to looking at regional
solutions. But this thing is so political that we should insist that the
region's airports be run as a unit rather than in ccompetition with one another
before there is one shovel of bay fill.
-Tom
David_McGillicuddy@urscorp.com-DeleteThis wrote:
> Excuse me?
>
> Excuse me for asking such a simple question; so simple that surely this has
> already been thought of but....
>
> Shouldn't there be a regional air traffic and airport commission tha
> oversees the airport and air traffic expansion in all to the San Francisco
> Bay Area Metropolitan Area? It doesn't seem like good planning to have
> SFO, Oakland and San Jose Airports expanding independently. A regional air
> traffic planning commission could review the merit of proposed airport
> expansions for their impact on the environment, benefit to the Bay Area
> residents. If runway expansion to accomodate larger jets and greater
> traffic can be constructed say, at the Oakland Airport with a minimum of
> impact to the environment to that of SFO, than it should also be considered
> as an option. Right? Surely, someone has thought of this and it' already
> happening right?
>
> After all the SFO airport is not even located in San Fransico. I think
> it's in San Bruno. I'll bet the name San Francisco sells a lot of tickets
> though. Let's look at the big picture. It's not just about SFO. If
> bigger jets and more air traffic can be accomodated at the least impact to
> the environment (recreational sites included) at either San Jose or Oakland
> than they should also be considered as viable alternatives to filling miles
> of Bay shoreline.
>
> Should we write governor Gray Davis about this? Someone please enlighten
> me. Is there already a regional airtraffic planning group?
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