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> Using the concept of induced demand to justify building fewer roads is bullshit Well, you don't have infinite money, or space. Adding a bus lane and a car la
by knorker 5y ago
> Using the concept of induced demand to justify building fewer roads is bullshit
Well, you don't have infinite money, or space. Adding a bus lane and a car lane clearly will add more capacity than doing just one of them, but adding a bus lane will likely reduce traffic so much in the other lanes that you don't even have to add another car lane.
And adding just a car lane means people would rather be stuck in their car, than stuck in the bus, in the same lane, and we have tragedy of the commons.
So adding a car lane just means emptier busses, but same slow traffic. So what value did adding the lane add?
It'd just be government waste.
- bluGill 5y ago> Adding a bus lane and a car lane clearly will add more capacity than doing just one of them, but adding a bus lane will likely reduce traffic so much in the other lanes that you don't even have to add another car lane. The first is true, but the second doesn't follow. For a bus lane to make a difference you need more than a lane, you also need good bus service using that lane. Bus service in many cities horrible and so nobody sane will ride it. A lane of empty buses running around helps nothing. If you propose a bus lane you need to do it with all the service that will happen so we can evaluate it.
- TessHM 5y agoSpeed and convenience is part of service. Speed and convenience are greatly elevated when you don't have to stand on the side of a stroad for 45 mins to catch a bus that's constantly going to get stuck in traffic.