Chinese plan for “traffic-straddling bus” ended after 32 people were arrested

Re:Chinese plan for “traffic-straddling bus” ended after 32 ... by lmm on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @11:38AM (#14703269)

> If cars are banned on a road then it won't be congested anymore, so cars will be allowed on it, then it will get congested so cars get banned

Some roads are congested even with private cars banned (e.g. Oxford Street).

> in the end I think what you're suggesting is running around giving tickets to people in traffic jams.

Would that be such a bad thing? Obv. it would need to be a little more formalized than that.

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Re:Chinese plan for “traffic-straddling bus” ended after 32 ... by openasocket on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @01:05PM (#14704159)

You don't work in a city with shitty traffic and public transport systems, then. I live in D.C.

If I were to take public transportation to my job it would take about twice as long and involve me walking 5 miles both ways. And I get in traffic jams daily.

So yeah, if you went around penalizing people for something largely outside their ability to control, there would be riots in the streets.

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