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You lost me at "no stops." I've been stuck in traffic for far too many hours of my life to take a statement like that seriously. There I am, sitting there in
by SantalBlush 5y ago
You lost me at "no stops." I've been stuck in traffic for far too many hours of my life to take a statement like that seriously. There I am, sitting there in my car, staring out at an ocean of vehicles that are moving at a crawl while trying to travel in the same direction. Why are we all stuck there? Because somebody a mile ahead tried to change lanes while sending a text. There goes my freedom of transportation, along with my sanity.
- throwawaysea 5y agoYou make a good point, and I acknowledge there can be traffic that can cause the equivalents of stops. However where I am, even with the impact of rush hour traffic, commuting by car is roughly twice as fast as taking a bus or the subway or biking. It really comes down to what the level of population density is and the proportion of that density to the available road infrastructure. Beyond a certain number, density just doesn’t make sense anyways. Many desirable things like parks don’t scale to keep up with infinite density. You end up having to look outside your immediate neighborhood for those amenities, but then that takes up more time than a less-dense place where you can drive to destinations. What I am getting to, is that balance is needed. I think making a small amount of room for bike lanes is fine, but banning cars and getting rid of most parking spaces goes too far.