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That's another topic meriting study - in cities, car miles traveled generally increase until they reach congestion (induced demand), so is this traffic just peo
by CalRobert 4y ago
That's another topic meriting study - in cities, car miles traveled generally increase until they reach congestion (induced demand), so is this traffic just people going back to work or other people taking advantage of emptier roads?
- ghaff 4y agoI'm talking about normal morning rush hour, which is to say starting in around 6:30am or so (to avoid the very worst of it). It still can take almost two hours for a drive that takes about an hour in light traffic. I don't think that's significantly contributed to by people taking advantage of emptier roads. I will say that the couple of times I've taken the train or subway over the past six months, they've seemed relatively underutilized compared to pre-pandemic. So there may be some degree of switching to cars from transit options.