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The only real solution is a region-wide implementation of congestion pricing, which will cause the main arteries to flow freely, and mean that no one will try t
by dankohn1 9y ago
The only real solution is a region-wide implementation of congestion pricing, which will cause the main arteries to flow freely, and mean that no one will try to get around them.
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- r00fus 9y agoSolutions need to be specific to each congestion point. For example a light near my house recently got changed from both-ways green to green on each side sequentially. There is a private school campus near which resulted in lots of morning traffic but after the light sequence change the traffic considerably reduced (throughout same but latency is worse) mainly because apps routed to compensate for the new light sequence.
- gumby 9y ago> only real solution is a region-wide implementation of congestion pricing... Interesting, I’d never really thought of it but this would actually work with self-driving fleets that could take advantage of both time of day congestion charges and billing to allow the user flexibility in travel time. Hmm...
- tinus_hn 9y agoEveryone has a fantastic solution to the problem they perceive but it’s more complicated than that. Ultimately people need to drive less, either because they live close to their jobs, because they use public transit or a bike, because they work from home or any other reason. The problem is how to get people to do that. It certainly won’t be by easing congestion because that has the opposite effect. Short term gains because moving cars pollute less but long term loss because less congestion causes more traffic.