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Doesn't have to be 5, you would model it and adjust.
by ollie87 7y ago
Doesn't have to be 5, you would model it and adjust.
- dagw 7y agoThen you'll just end up introducing more and more taxis until you're back to where you started.
- lm28469 7y agoYou'll never get back where you started since most cars are parked in front of an office / house / whatever 95% of the time using space for no reason whereas taxis are always moving.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoWhat you gain in parking, you lose in congestion. Now most trips are 'deadheading' where the trip to pick up the passenger is as long as the trip the passenger wants to take. Doubles traffic, approximately?
- em-bee 7y agoi think this was even discussed here at HN some time ago, in some cities it apparently was cheaper to drive a car in circles than to pay for parking.
- UnpossibleJim 7y agoThere was, when the mention of Tesla's auto pilot was being discussed, I believe.
- dagw 7y agowhereas taxis are always moving. Moving cars are the problem, since they are what causes congestion and accidents. Cars sitting in parking garages don't run over people or cause traffic jams.
- adrianN 7y agoIn Berlin most cars sit on the road not in parking garages, blocking two lanes of every street.