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a well documented effect Not really. Had the "road diet" actually resulted in a shift from cars to transit, the transit agencies would show a corresponding in
by DrScump 9y ago
a well documented effect
Not really. Had the "road diet" actually resulted in a shift from cars to transit, the transit agencies would show a corresponding increase in their census and farebox return. They didn't.
- TrinaryWorksToo 9y agoOkay, you're right about the Wikipedia article not showing an increase in those statistics for mass transit. However, this paper does show a substitution effect for busses: http://clinlawell.dyson.cornell.edu/InTech_public_transit_chapter.pdf http://clinlawell.dyson.cornell.edu/InTech_public_transit_ch... However, there is an induced demand effect where because there are less cars, more people will drive. So in effect an extra lane appears, empty of the people riding the bus.