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If every car did two daily round trip commutes into the city center instead of one, that would double congestion. I just don't see this being workable at all.
by CydeWeys 7y ago
If every car did two daily round trip commutes into the city center instead of one, that would double congestion. I just don't see this being workable at all.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoI don't like the idea, but I've noticed that in my city, if you're heading into the city centre you're absolutely out of luck as far as traffic is concerned, but if you're heading the other way, it's extremely light. So you wouldn't so much be "doubling" congestion as just applying it to both in and out flow equally. I don't know if that would actually cause more difficulties or not.
- ant6n 7y agoNot everybody is going to the exact same spot downtown, and there's also some actual reverse commuting, so there will be some overlap between the to-work and from-work trips, especially where there's the most congestion (I e. Downtown).
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoAbsolutely, I just don't don't know how much that will increase congestion. I don't think it would actually be a 2x worse experience due.
- CydeWeys 7y agoIt's really not light going the other way, not in big cities. Try looking at the traffic patterns in NYC or LA. It's just bad traffic all day long.
- wysifnwyg 7y agoExcept that on the departure trip after dropping off and the arrival trip before picking up does not have to take congested routes and instead take paths that could reduce congestion. It's not like the car has somewhere to be during non-peak hours.