*Cars don't create congestion"

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In the end the city will have to bulldoze the houses and offices that make up to the city to make room for more roads and cars, increasing costs and destroying their own tax revenue in the process, or realize less cars are the answer.

Long story: short the city will eventually have to decide whether to put one last parking space or one last lane.

Man, I'm flashing back to my visit to Detroit and the massive 'boulevard' that cuts the city in two. The car I was riding in had to get on to what was basically a highway, change lanes a half dozen times, and exit via ramp in order to get from one neighborhood to another. (In the span of a quarter mile).

It was eerie, but doable, because there weren't many other cars on the road. I can only imagine how difficult it would have been when there was actually traffic.

Roads can be walls as well as nooses.

It probably just attempts to indicate it's the same 3 cars again, likely pointing out the fact that there are legitimate reasons to drive, those people are just fucked by everyone else and brain-dead traffic planning.

It looks like the green cars have passengers, while the red cars have single occupants.

Nevermind, some of the red cars have passengers, too. I guess the green cars survive to the final graphic… why that’s relevant, I don’t really understand.

I think it’s more for design language, you’re subconsciously drawn to the green vehicles because they’re different, and subconsciously when you’re looking at the traffic, you’re reminded what it’s like being in the traffic yourself.

So you imagine yourself as the green car.

1st scenario: traffic is really bad. 2nd scenario: they’ve added more lanes, but you, the green car, are still stuck. 3rd scenario: public transportation has alleviated the traffic and it’s better for all.

Notice in the 3rd scenario, all the transportation is green. I think it’s to make you think, “I can ride my bike to work” or “I can take the bus” or “I can still drive my car if where I live requires me to” depending on your own situation. It’s to show all options can be viable, if you support public transportation.

That’s how I see it at least.

I was thinking it's electric?

I assumed that Green = Moving. The pedestrians in the city are green, as are the busses and bikes in the bottom diagram. The greens in the top two are there to show just how few vehicles can actually move at any given time.

Denmark checking in. A lot of our highways have separate parallel bicycle highways. It's really great! They have exits in the same spots as cars do and have big sound barriers.x

anywhere that you might say "we shouldn't have a bike lane here, it's too dangerous for cyclists" is a place where there should be a bike lane.

Spending billions of dollars connecting two cities and not spending a couple percent more for parallel active transportation infrastructure also seems like a terrible idea.

You're looking at what is obviously a conceptual diagram and acting as if it's some kind of literal blueprint. IMO it's something closer to a Sankey diagram showing the overall flow and moda share of traffic into the city than a plan sketch of an individual road. I don't think it's even reasonable to conclude that it's actually suggesting using the same alignment for cars, bikes, and pedestrians at all, let alone strawmanning it as "a bike lane on a highway."

Frankly, I'm found it to be a tough call deciding whether you genuinely didn't understand that or if you were commenting in bad faith (which violates rule 1), and the only thing that made me give you the benefit of the doubt was your later comment talking about the cement barrier (i.e. a somewhat constructive comment about how to make it better) instead of continuing to flatly reject it.

Well it’s a good thing no one is proposing that! Seriously, where do you people come from?

If you only have a hammer ...

Yep, and at that speed, 50km/h on an "empty" street INSIDE a city, that's also the most "efficient" speed to avoid those pesky children bits getting stuck on your windchill were you to tackle one while checking your phone.

Apologies for the sarcasm but most drivers I encounter on a daily basis absolutely do not have the sustained concentration behind wheels to safely drive a 50km/h within actual cities.

And there’s where we invent roundabouts. Even when the streets are not congested the time to cross any urban area is dominated by the stops. It much more beneficial to eliminate stop signs and red lights, to keep you moving consistently than to let you speed a little more to your next stopping point

There's quite some room in between the lanes. If they all move in a bit, I bet there's plenty of room for an extra bike lane on either side.

As if the GOP even hold back anything after the first round

Absolutely something a Sith would say.

I'm unironically all for removing stop signs, traffic lights, and speed limits. If you build streets and roads properly, you don't need those, frequently ignored, control devices.

It would remove gridlock, but not necessarily congestion.

Ok with that, but you also need to remove other cars from the road. Every time I've been stuck in traffic, it was because there were so many other cars. This has got out of control! Who are all these people and where are they all going?!?

All these bums without cars trying to cross the road made me late! Do they really need a crossing every five blocks? /S

OMG, I love this man! That video is 7 years old... Did they add more lanes? 🫣

"Hi boss, I'll be a bit late into work. I'm stuck in me."

Current plan for the new cape cod bridges include a protected bike lane with a great view over the canal!

Too many people complain we could fit an extra lane in that space without thinking. Sure there are huge backups, but those are addressed with the new design not making cars slow down and not having entrance and exit ramps right there. Most importantly, you’re crossing to a two lane highway so there is no benefit to more than two lanes. Allowing continuous flow to the amount that the other side can handle reduces congestion. Anyone you can get on a bike is the one that will reduce congestion. And for all that is holy, let’s run the Cape Flyer often enough to be useful

Just one more lane bro. Just one more.

What's the solution after EVERY. SCHOOL. SHOOTING?

Moar guns.

The people sieze the means of commuting, and install bike lanes and public transport.

That's the thing. They don't really do the whole "thinking" thing. Their argument is based entirely around emotion, parroting words they've heard before which correspond with the emotion they are feeling rather than actual meaning. If you tried to engage this person in a meaningful dialogue, they would likely dodge your questions, or start engaging in ad homenim attacks, or start talking in circles.

This must be a bot.

THIS communist manufactures floods on a daily basis.

: Waits for applause, but upon hearing silence solemnly picks up his tenth of potato and leaves:

I like "I'm traffic." Succinct, to the point.

Why is the American reaction to every single issue "just get a gun"???

Canada does not allow open carry, and handguns have heavy restrictions on use and transportation

I'm Ontario that isn't legal.

Without a gun, a brick would be a fine stand in

I thought single occupancy cars were the worst for congestion. Now imagine being stuck behind 5+ empty driverless cars in a traffic jam.

I think I'll keep asking for some adequate public transport.

I think the comment was meant to resemble the popular "guns don't cause death, murderers cause death" comment

What is this 'satire' thing you talk about?? I'll bet it's just another word for CUMMUNISM!!

Florida made it legal to open fire while driving in a fit of road rage. Just say "I felt threatened" and you're good to start spraying.

The problem is that the highway is only 4-lane wide in each direction. If it were 400-lane wide there wouldn't be any congestion.

/s shouldn't be necessary but it is the Internet