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Trains have the exact same pathology, though: add more capacity and people will use it until they can't, and then they'll either stop or fund more. It's a socia
by jjoonathan 5y ago
Trains have the exact same pathology, though: add more capacity and people will use it until they can't, and then they'll either stop or fund more. It's a social coordination pattern, not a car pattern.
Scaling arguments do not have this problem.
- throw0101a 5y agoFor the same route you get get much more people moved. Like, ridiculously more: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Passenger_Capacity_of_different_Transport_Modes.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Passenger_Capacity_of_dif... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Route_capacity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Route_capacity > It's a social coordination pattern, not a car pattern. So making it easier for automobile transportation is throwing money at the symptom. Money and policy decisions should be focused on moving people around generally and not on cars specifically.