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No more wasteful than the passenger cars which clog the roads and are only 17-25% occupied.
by ndespres 8y ago
No more wasteful than the passenger cars which clog the roads and are only 17-25% occupied.
- icebraining 8y agoNo argument there, but "no more wasteful than [very wasteful thing]" is not great :) I'm just wondering if a better use of the street could be achieved; that doesn't have to mean cars. What about a bus + moped lane? Electric mopeds seem like a pretty good alternative for people who need something faster than a scooter, and having ridden a bicycle in Amsterdam, where mopeds could use the bicycle lane, I can tell you they don't belong there!
- _nalply 8y agoYes, Switzerland where everything is small doesn't often have space for separate bus lanes. They use a trick: where the bus lane merges they have a traffic light. Cars have to wait for the bus -- literally -- and are only allowed to merge behind the bus. When the bus stops there are street baffles preventing the cars overtaking the bus. This way the bus has a free lane ahead. And the cars would have needed to wait in the traffic jam anyway, so why not let them wait intelligently behind buses?