> Right, we're just getting rid of a main traffic artery--same cars, fewer road. How does this improve traffic? It's all about what you are measuring. You see

> Right, we're just getting rid of a main traffic artery--same cars, fewer road. How does this improve traffic? It's all about what you are measuring. You see traffic as "Volume of cars going between two points" when traffic is in fact the number of people going between one place and another. There is no value in getting a car from one place to another, there is a lot of value in moving people. > What new efficient way is being added? It's been illustrated many times how much more efficient bikes, buses, and trolly's are at getting large numbers of people from one place to another when space is constrained.