This is a project about which I'm securely on the fence. Certainly the ICC wil help many commuters, at least for a while. But I'm not sure you can blame Glendenning any more than you can praise Ehrlich for this project. Certainly statements such as "Glendinning should be shot" are a bit overboard, considering the project has been debated for 56 years.
Regarding traffic in the area you mention, most of it is not, as you suggest, going to be relieved by the ICC. I travelled that stretch for four years (my work location recently changed, so now I don't hit the worst of it). Most of the congestion let up at Georgia Avenue, heading SOUTH, into the city. The backup is due in large part to traffic lights on Georgia Ave., not people taking 95 or the BW Parkway south, going around the beltway, then going north again on 355 or 270.
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Regarding traffic in the area you mention, most of it is not, as you suggest, going to be relieved by the ICC. I travelled that stretch for four years (my work location recently changed, so now I don't hit the worst of it). Most of the congestion let up at Georgia Avenue, heading SOUTH, into the city. The backup is due in large part to traffic lights on Georgia Ave., not people taking 95 or the BW Parkway south, going around the beltway, then going north again on 355 or 270.