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Re: Anti-car democrats are a road hazard |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Sun Jun 13 07:59:45 2021, in response to Re: Anti-car democrats are a road hazard, posted by Osmosis Jones on Sun Jun 13 03:58:37 2021. Busways as you envision them on those thoroughfares are basically tramways, with a benefit and a drawback relative to tramways. The benefit is that the buses can enter and leave the busway and go elsewhere in the area without any need for trackage. The drawback is that buses can only be so long while remaining maneuverable, while trams can be longer (and also coupled with each other with still only one driver).Anyway, like most things in transport planning (and economics in general), the concept of induced demand makes it difficult to assess the "need" for something by just looking around at the moment and even with good data. For example, car-dependent places only exist as such because cars were built. If there was amazingly excellent public transport put in place (even if nobody's clamoring for it at the moment), then would the demand for cars (or even bike lanes) still be the same afterward? Furthermore, if the space dedicated to moving cars was instantly taken away and replaced with some of the very types of things that people are trying to drive their cars to, wouldn't that be more efficient for everyone? And most people seem to have become aware that adding traffic lanes is far from a guaranteed way to alleviate congestion over time. |
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