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That is not entirely true. You are implying that entire population who lives on South side don't travel to Arlanda airport and in the same way, people on north

by tegeek 9y ago

That is not entirely true. You are implying that entire population who lives on South side don't travel to Arlanda airport and in the same way, people on north side don't go to Karolinska Huddinge which is situated on South side. This huge project is a "bypass" and it'll work as any other bypass in other cities around the world. Which means any kind of traffic moving from North to South and vice versa, will bypass entire Stockholm, and right now I see huge amount of traffic every day on this route.

henrikschroder 9y ago
Of course there is some traffic going between the areas it will connect, my point is that there's not enough to warrant this huge road project. I don't remember the exact numbers, but out of the heavy truck transports currently clogging up Essingeleden, only 2% (Or was it 0.2?) or less would actually benefit from Förbifarten, because there is very little existing truck traffic going from way south to way north of the city. > right now I see huge amount of traffic every day on this route. Yes, but most of that is going to places along that route. So you won't move a meaningful amount of existing traffic, you'll just enable new traffic. That's generally good, growing regions need more infrastructure, but my point is that Förbifarten is the wrong way to spend that money. It's a prestige project at this point. If you had to spend that money on roads, I would have much rather seen Österleden, because completing the highway ring around Stockholm actually makes sense, there is plenty of traffic from the ports to south of the city, and by making the full ring, that traffic would get a choice of direction around the city depending on time of day and commuting patterns. And this holds true for every trip across opposite ends of the city.

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That is not entirely true. You are implying that entire population who lives on South side don't travel to Arlanda airport and in the same way, people on north

by tegeek 9y ago

henrikschroder 9y ago
Of course there is some traffic going between the areas it will connect, my point is that there's not enough to warrant this huge road project. I don't remember the exact numbers, but out of the heavy truck transports currently clogging up Essingeleden, only 2% (Or was it 0.2?) or less would actually benefit from Förbifarten, because there is very little existing truck traffic going from way south to way north of the city. > right now I see huge amount of traffic every day on this route. Yes, but most of that is going to places along that route. So you won't move a meaningful amount of existing traffic, you'll just enable new traffic. That's generally good, growing regions need more infrastructure, but my point is that Förbifarten is the wrong way to spend that money. It's a prestige project at this point. If you had to spend that money on roads, I would have much rather seen Österleden, because completing the highway ring around Stockholm actually makes sense, there is plenty of traffic from the ports to south of the city, and by making the full ring, that traffic would get a choice of direction around the city depending on time of day and commuting patterns. And this holds true for every trip across opposite ends of the city.