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You don't need subways, just take every 5th Street in the grid and declare it busses only. Then setup traffic signals that prioritizes busses and run a bus eve
by jopsen 9y ago
You don't need subways, just take every 5th Street in the grid and declare it busses only.
Then setup traffic signals that prioritizes busses and run a bus every 2-5 min depending on time of day.
This is cheap and effective. But requires some serious political support to close streets for ordinary traffic.
You could also just forbid street parking in some streets and repurpose the extra space for dedicated bus lanes.
But you can't solve this cheaply without down prioritizing private cars.
- calvinbhai 9y agoIf you try to do this, Uber/Lyft will throw money bags at regulators to ensure such a regulation never passes. Uber is already known for working with city authorities to reduce the required number of parking spaces, which in theory helps increase Uber's rides, but also leads to more congestion due to people driving around looking for parking.