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I think people are focused on maximizing the wrong metric. Traffic projects like this tend to want to maximize car throughput, when what we really need is to mi
by chiefofgxbxl 9y ago
I think people are focused on maximizing the wrong metric. Traffic projects like this tend to want to maximize car throughput, when what we really need is to minimize travel distance/time. Maybe then society would start looking at the effects that cars have made to sprawl, and the self-reinforcement cycle that emerges.
- jakecopp 9y agoI view maximizing car throughput as beneficial because it means less roads need to be built (more money for mass transit).
- ImaCake 9y agoI honestly think the real toll is the mental concentration required and the stress caused by driving a car. Self-driving cars automatically fix that problem by removing the need for the passenger to concentrate on not killing people. When I take the bus I don't worry so much about my commute time, because I spend the ride relaxing and reading.
- adrianmonk 9y agoI think it is a both thing rather than an either-or thing. As long as roads continue to exist in any form, it seems crazy not to aim for efficiency. What is to be gained by passing up opportunities to make them efficient? So this is not a wrong metric, it is just that both metrics need to be taken into account.