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Hang on. The MnDot report says "Average Daily Traffic:151,000". But. That must be the car traffic under the bridge - surely 151K people don't walk across it ea
by lifeisstillgood 3y ago
Hang on. The MnDot report says "Average Daily Traffic:151,000". But. That must be the car traffic under the bridge - surely 151K people don't walk across it each day. And if so, why would you measure that? It's like measuring how much water flows under the Golden Gate bridge and ignoring how many cars go over it.
We are just so car focused it influences everything and we don't notice
- tylervigen 3y agoHa! Love the analogy. I agree. That statistic is totally unhelpful.
- codingdave 3y ago> The MnDot report... You are looking at a report from Minnesota's DOT. Their job is to be concerned with roads and cars. Sure, our society is overly focused on cars, but you can hardly blame the DOT for putting out reports on their own subject area.
- local_person 3y ago[dead]
- ogurechny 3y agoFor example, the number describes how much traffic will go to alternative paths in case of some accident or planned construction work that blocks the road. Then it can be quickly deduced how far they should reroute drivers to get them use the roads that handle the additional load (instead of local streets with low limit on throughput).
- dtgriscom 3y agoNo: there are 210 people/minute walking across the bridge (daylight hours only). It's amazing to see: they have to be four abreast to fit them all (two in each direction).