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His point is that if you make going by car more attractive by simply widening the bridge for everyone, people will switch from public transport to private cars.
by deng 9y ago
His point is that if you make going by car more attractive by simply widening the bridge for everyone, people will switch from public transport to private cars. So his solution would be more "make a separate bus line on the bridge, so that they are more attractive to use than a private car".
- ant6n 9y agoInducing demand is not just from mode-shift (towards cars in this case), but also from development. Take the example of a big city on a big island (e.g. Montreal), a larger bridge may encourage sprawl off-island rather than infill development on-island. A choke-point like a bridge isn't just a sort of barrier (geographic, social economic...), but also an opportunity to manage travel patterns and thus development.