Despite money and effort, homelessness in SF as bad as ever

Re:Despite money and effort, homelessness in SF as bad as ever by fern12 on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @11:10PM (#14651436)

>I would absolutely complain about that. Remove road lanes instead. Why would you remove trees? Are they idiots?

Do you currently have a commute that involves Mountain View? Ever driven on Shoreline when there's both a concert and an accident on the 101? Ever gotten stuck on Rengstorff or Castro when there's a Caltrain incident?

Sure, let's remove a road lane. Then all the traffic will back up and clog the residential streets.

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Re:Despite money and effort, homelessness in SF as bad as ever by muninn_ on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @05:50AM (#14652861)

Ok so what do you think happens if you keep adding lanes?

Hint: traffic never gets better. It's called induced demand. I for one also don't want my world turned into a mega highway for the suburbs. Once traffic gets bad enough, people will have to find alternatives, like biking, taking the bus, or simply moving to other areas.

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Re:Despite money and effort, homelessness in SF as bad as ever by fern12 on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @02:12PM (#14656700)

I never said anything about adding additional car lanes. My point was, that removing trees to add a bike lane can be a good thing. Yes, it is unfortunate to remove a historical tree, but if it makes bicycling safer and takes more cars off the road, why not?

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