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Interesting write up on this, I think there are plenty of opportunities for better engineering and big private/public projects. Like you said though these are n

Interesting write up on this, I think there are plenty of opportunities for better engineering and big private/public projects. Like you said though these are non-trivial for sure. What I can say though is imagine all of those people at that University driving cars everywhere and parking at the Uni, and it quickly becomes a dystopian hellscape like LA. We should not let the perfect become the enemy of the good and forsake all public transit because it is difficult or expensive.

AllegedAlec 8y ago
> Interesting write up on this, I think there are plenty of opportunities for better engineering and big private/public projects. Like you said though these are non-trivial for sure. Another fun short anecdote: that tramline they're building has run into a lot of problems on the Uithof itself. The Uithof contains a lot of rontgen and other electromagnetically sensitive equipment due to being home to a large hospital as well as several research groups using similar equipment. It has been moved several times during planning processes, as well as have its speed severly limited to not to interfere with the aforementioned equipment. > What I can say though is imagine all of those people at that University driving cars everywhere and parking at the Uni, and it quickly becomes a dystopian hellscape like LA. Yeah, I'm not trying to imply that this would be a better solution, because here it clearly is not, especially since the highway going past the uithof is a horrible bit of two-lane highway, which is a permanent traffic jam literally as far as the eye can see (and do not underestimate how far you can see in a land as flat as the Netherlands) in both directions during rush hours.