Re:$40 road tolls offer insight into commuter psychology
by pas on Friday December 08, 2017 @04:35AM
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> alternative transit options
I like driving, but I'm very bad at managing the stress associated with owning a car, finding a parking spot, sitting in congestion, trying to be there in time (speeding to gain a few minutes that makes no sense), hence I don't have a car.
And I wouldn't live in a place that requires one.
And I can't understand how the US is so deep in the hole with regards to mass transit / public transport, commute time, etc.
Sure, I know, it's a classic coordination problem, and I'm probably very biased by having access to a very cheap and efficient public transit network.
Re:$40 road tolls offer insight into commuter psychology
by greenleafjacob on Friday December 08, 2017 @01:49PM
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Finding a parking spot is usually not an issue for US citizens since we mandate lots of parking through zoning laws.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramp_meter
I'd focus more on one of my other punts above: ways of drawing a correspondence between traffic and congestion, on the one hand, and alternative transit options (buses, rail, cycling, telecommuting, etc.) on the other. Market pricing signals fail to provide the coordination many of these options require. Typically, planning-based approaches are required.