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> no, traffic lights are efficiency. That's exactly what I said. Traffic lights for governing car traffic are the result of a modernist obsession with efficien
by trgn 4y ago
> no, traffic lights are efficiency.
That's exactly what I said. Traffic lights for governing car traffic are the result of a modernist obsession with efficiency; in this case a pre-occupation with car travel speeds, throughput, ... as if these are the only things that matter. I gather you view that as a positive, but I see it as a very impoverished monomaniacal mindset. That technocratic value system has poisoned (literally and figuratively) the public realm. We need less of it.
- abfan1127 4y agotravel speeds and throughput aren't necessarily related. Recall that car spacing is usually instructed to be "2s". the throughput is 1 car/2s. thats regardless of speed. Speed dictates the length of the yellow light, often about 1s for every 10mph, but the actual throughput is the same regardless of speed.