You want to end grid lock?
Quadruple public transportation, remove half the car lanes, remove half the parking places, put bicycle lanes everywhere.
But, and hear me out, bro, what if we added just one more lane?
Under the original lane for 100x the cost?
Don’t worry bro it’ll only take 15 years for a 10km stretch and cost double what we estimated
Every time I hear, “just one more lane,” this video starts playing in my head.
Build one lane for each person.
have a nice cakeday
Oh fuck it is! Hooray for Reddit dying!
Happy cake day! And that’s a brilliant idea
We will never end gridlock, never.
It would be nice to have transportation alternatives, however.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand#Studies
See also ‘reduced demand’ on the same page.
- massively over-supply options better than cars
- people avoid car hassle
- shrink lanes
- repeat
But that first step is the killer: I found in my own experience that my transit commute had a maximum bus tolerance of 15-30 minutes (based on traffic) or I’d just not do it. I can ride a train for an hour, but have me sit in traffic on a bus and it’s “fuck no”.