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>Reducing vehicle traffic will not make rail service better. I didn't said that less traffic leads to better rail service. It just seams irrational to me to av
by chicob 9y ago
>Reducing vehicle traffic will not make rail service better.
I didn't said that less traffic leads to better rail service. It just seams irrational to me to avoid the cheaper, quicker alternative. However, it does mean better bus performance.
The virtue of less traffic is that whatever traffic remains is easier to manage, there is less urban noise, and since we are far from optimal, to some extent it will mean a lower energy consumption.
>Reducing traffic should not be a goal by itself.
Of course not, but minimizing traffic while maximizing mobility should.
- closeparen 9y agoThe freeway outside my window is indistinguishable from wind at this point. The train "whistles" at the Amtrak level crossing, on the other hand, are still ear-piercingly deafening after months of living here. It's politically conceivable that the freeway will be ripped out due to "noise," as you indicate, but meanwhile there's no chance of anything being done about the far greater menace of passenger rail.