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People don't generally give up and stay home, they find ways to go about their lives. Driving to downtown San Francisco is awful and congested, so people simply
by asteli 9y ago
People don't generally give up and stay home, they find ways to go about their lives. Driving to downtown San Francisco is awful and congested, so people simply take the train (because it exists in a useful capacity).
Widening that bridge has an opportunity cost. LA ramped up road infrastructure at the expense of useful public transit and urban densification, and it's a stressful and sickening experience to get around there.
- ghaff 9y agoI expect a lot of people do just stay home. If it’s a total PITA to go into a city after work people find other activities.
- asteli 9y agoleisure trips account for a small fraction of the kind of trip we're talking about they APTA's study shows something like 15% of public transit trips are social or shopping/dining related[1]. i suspect the proportion would be similar (or lower) wrt road traffic. [1] American Public Transportation Association: http://www.apta.com/resources/statistics/Documents/transit_passenger_characteristics_text_5_29_2007.pdf http://www.apta.com/resources/statistics/Documents/transit_p...