To fix L.A.'s traffic, we need tolls

Re:To fix L.A.'s traffic, we need tolls by m-j-fox on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @05:09PM (#13815527)

You might like Sao Paulo. Its like LA but smelly-er and full of buses. In Sao Paulo there's no need to hurry to hop on your bus before it leaves the stop because another one will arrive immediately. Same deal with the metro. Trains arrive and depart every 90 seconds during rush hour.

Do an image search for tráfego em sao paulo site:.br if you're curious how that's working out for them.

I like this one: http://f.i.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/images/13164124.jpeg

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Re:To fix L.A.'s traffic, we need tolls by thiagotomei on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @05:47PM (#13815885)

This applies only to more or less "central" locations. Buses to the city outskirts are still infrequent and, during rush hour, will still be stuck in traffic.

Metro is good, but it is nowhere near 90 seconds - specially with the long stops in between stations.

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Re:To fix L.A.'s traffic, we need tolls by danesparza on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @05:16PM (#13815581)

Hmmm ... given the current state of the government in Brazil https://www.ft.com/content/17bd7ffa-3944-11e6-9a05-82a9b15a8...), I wonder how much longer the government can sustain a mass transit system that runs that frequently?

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Re:To fix L.A.'s traffic, we need tolls by ufo on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @06:04PM (#13816037)

The São Paulo city and state government are doing relatively fine (compared with the rest of the country)

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