You get to decide the worst and most annoying traffic problems in town. It’s called
Operation Bottleneck and it could be the answer you are waiting for to make your next drive or walk safer and easier.
If traffic-tie ups get you down, you now have permission and even encouragement to take aim at the local government. The government actually wants you to complain to them. They say no one knows more about traveling the roads than the folks who drive them or walk them everyday. So get ready to vent about the most annoying, frustrating, and irritating traffic problems you face every day.
“We're hoping to avoid road rage but we are asking people to come and gripe at us,” says Jim McKenzie with Metroplan.
The griping is done through a
survey currently online. Questions ask you to identify problem spots while driving, biking, or even walking and also asks what you think should be done about it.
For example, do you stop at every traffic signal along one road on your way into work? Or maybe there is no safe place for your kids to walk on their way to school. These are all minor issues that can be solved without a whole lot of money.
As far as the major things, that's the last question on the survey. That question asks if you'd be willing to dig into your own pocket to solve major traffic and interstate congestion, through tax, toll, or other means.
“Its a democracy. If the folks don't want to pay taxes for them that's fine. There is no magic money tree, however,” McKenzie said.
There is enough interest and some money however for the little things, from annoying cut-through traffic to visual obstructions. And that's where they are counting on your eyes, even if they can't count on your money.
Not only can you vent your complaints through the online survey, they are also offering a number of town hall meetings that will be taking place in central Arkansas in the month of September. They encourage anyone interested to stop by and address those concerns, just leave your road rage behind.
Operation Bottleneck Survey or call 501-372-3300.
Town Hall Meeting Schedule
