Highway spending increased by 90% in 2021. This is one of many reasons why car traffic is growing faster than population growth.

  • CEbbinghaus
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    7 months ago

    Bikes even if not packed as closely massively decrease the total volume. Even if they were all riding all after one another on a bike lane it would be miles shorter than cars on a road.

    And as for the bus… I have been on busses that full. You clearly have not travelled peak hour traffic on a busy route. Just look at any Japanese or Indian train to see how space efficient they are able to transport petiole

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod
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      7 months ago

      Just look at any Japanese or Indian train to see how space efficient they are able to transport petiole

      “Space efficient” is a very kind euphemism for “being packed cheek by jowl and smelling what everyone had for lunch.”

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        7 months ago

        Just add more buses in that case. This is the good kind of induced demand.

        Even then, in a well designed city, there are enough viable alternatives when buses get too crowded (walking, cycling, trains, even a slightly different bus route).

      • dustyData
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        7 months ago

        Yeah public transit is for ugly disgusting poor people!

        /s

        • Boomer Humor Doomergod
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          7 months ago

          I know plenty of ugly disgusting rich people and would also not like to smell them or feel them rubbing against me.