NightOwl to Canada · 3 months agoOntario can end gridlock. But not with more highwayswww.nationalobserver.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down10
arrow-up198arrow-down1external-linkOntario can end gridlock. But not with more highwayswww.nationalobserver.comNightOwl to Canada · 3 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up40·3 months agoBut, and hear me out, bro, what if we added just one more lane?
minus-squaretarsnlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 months agoDon’t worry bro it’ll only take 15 years for a 10km stretch and cost double what we estimated
minus-squaren2burnslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoEvery time I hear, “just one more lane,” this video starts playing in my head.
minus-square[email protected]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoBuild one lane for each person. have a nice cakeday
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoOh fuck it is! Hooray for Reddit dying!
minus-squarexia@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoEach possible origin needs a road to each possible destination. No intersections, no traffic, problem solved!
minus-squareGreg ClarkelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoHappy cake day! And that’s a brilliant idea
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·3 months agoBy the time anyone realizes a lane is needed you need 5 times as many lanes as you have to allow safe seperation between cars.
minus-squareFireRetardant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoIf at any point you need 5 additonal lanes, you don’t need lanes, you need different infrastructure
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoIt isn’t 5 more lanes it is 5 times. So a exurb two lane freeway starting to become crowded needs to expand to ten lanes just for safety.
But, and hear me out, bro, what if we added just one more lane?
Under the original lane for 100x the cost?
Don’t worry bro it’ll only take 15 years for a 10km stretch and cost double what we estimated
Every time I hear, “just one more lane,” this video starts playing in my head.
TRAINS
Build one lane for each person.
have a nice cakeday
Oh fuck it is! Hooray for Reddit dying!
Each possible origin needs a road to each possible destination. No intersections, no traffic, problem solved!
Happy cake day! And that’s a brilliant idea
Happy Cakeday! 🍰🎂
By the time anyone realizes a lane is needed you need 5 times as many lanes as you have to allow safe seperation between cars.
If at any point you need 5 additonal lanes, you don’t need lanes, you need different infrastructure
It isn’t 5 more lanes it is 5 times. So a exurb two lane freeway starting to become crowded needs to expand to ten lanes just for safety.