....   On November 7th in a 19 page comment to the DEIS the the EPA requested further consideration of US-41 and I-70 and announced unwillingness to issue permit for routes 3, 4, & 5 to pass through the Patoka Wildlife Preserve a forested wetland .
  Calling this "routine", INDOT scrambled;  November 13th, 2002, six days after the end of the public comment period, INDOT reacted with the "hybrid" route.  It is their effort to save Bloomington alternatives #3B & #3C.
We have noted a few problems with this hasty INDOT proposed "hybrid" or "mutant" route.
The "hybrid" route #3 to Bloomington,  begins as the route previously used by Alternative 2 heading north from I-64 to above Vincennes along US 41.  At IN-67 the route parallels IN 67  then cuts due east on yet to be studied new-terrain along the Daviess / Greene county line.
For our maps of the hybrid route click here.
For the DEIS map, click here.
A Hybrid Update of The DEIS "Freight Movement Performance" Chart:
  In Red below: Data from DEIS table S-6 (Summary of Key Performance Measures)


Alternative # Total Length in Miles Time Savings in minutes
compared to "no build"		 Time Savings 
Alt. #1 as base		 Time savings as % of
pre hybrid
1 154 - 156 11 to 12 0 100%
3B 140 - 143 24 to 29 13 to 17 N/A
3C 140 - 143 21 to 26 10 to 14 N/A
hybrid B estimates * 150 -156 15 to 18 4 to 6 62.5%
hybrid C estimates * 150 - 156 13 to 16 2 to 4 62%
       *We estimate that Routes 3 will be no more than 4 miles shorter than Route #1 from two computer analysis of the hybrid verses alternative #1.
 

      We have corrected the graph below with added red bars to reflect the decrease in hours saved with the hybrid 3B and hybrid 3C routes.**

These performances are shown as:

hybrid 3B-- 4500 hours x 62.5% = 2812.5 hours saved.  INDOT is assuming 11,250 trucks per day on this route.**
hybrid 3C-- 4300 hours x 62% = 2666 hours saved.        INDOT is assuming 12,305 trucks per day on this route.**


** These performances are shown as a percentage of the original recorded times saved.  If calculated from the same performance shown for alternative 1 the results would have been lower.  We suspect that this might be a factor of the route drawing less usage because it is less direct than the original alternatives.  Lower rather than higher performance is likely:
 
Alternative one:11 minutes saved by 10909 trucks per day = 2000 hours saved.  Thus: 

hybrid 3B:  15 min saved by 10908 trucks  = 2727 hrs./ day
hybrid 3C:  13min  saved by 10906 trucks  = 2363  hrs/ day

click here to see this fairly represented with a blue bar on the same chart  **
 
COUNT US!  Thanks The Association of Monroe County Taxpayers for the use of this photo capture of INDOT's  Total  Business Relocations for each Alternative.  Alternative 3A would be similarly impacted, but is not considered since it has been called "not preferred".
 
 

For a calculation of the 8333 hr/ day loss of time for area residents crossing I-69, see the comments of COUNT US! director John Smith.
For an explanation of how all of the benefits are made to look more significant with tricks of graphs see the comments of Smart Mobility.

Of great concern to COUNT US!, INDOT and the DEIS has totally biased the study to not care about People, Homes and Neighborhoods, but if such things matter to you join COUNT US!

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