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Like the quip about public transport, particularly busses. Decades go by without a lander, then a lot of them turn up at once.
by Simon_O_Rourke 1y ago
Like the quip about public transport, particularly busses. Decades go by without a lander, then a lot of them turn up at once.
- tmtvl 1y agoIt's easy to get buses to arrive on time: just get rid of all the cars that get in the way.
- SoftTalker 1y agoIt’s easy to drive in the city, just get rid of all the buses that are constantly stopping in front of you.
- mmooss 1y agoThen you'd have a lot more cars stopping in front of you. Next time you pass a bus, look at all the people inside, and then imagine each of them, on the same block, in their private cars.
- Dylan16807 1y agoAnd even without that effect, okay you remove 2% of traffic, the driving experience is pretty much the same even without anyone being directly behind a bus.
- charcircuit 1y ago>on the same block Except in reality this wouldn't be the case if people didn't use the bus.
- mmooss 1y agoNo? What would be the case? Based on what? One explicit, primary goal of public transit is to move lots of people around in the limited space on a city street.
- charcircuit 1y agoBased on the fact that cars are not linked together like a train. Cars can go different routes from one another and can go to different destinations. This spreads them out more over them all being in the same place.
- mmooss 1y agoSo some people on the bus in front of you would drive cars on other streets, and some people on buses on other streets will drive cars on your street; there's no reason your street will have a net benefit. That's especially true because there will be far more cars on the road.
- XorNot 1y agoIt's because a bus is allowed to be late but never early.