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Re:Her six-hour commute each day seems crazy, but her afford... by vishalh on Sunday December 17, 2017 @04:41AM (#15945016)
This might be true for a particular city depending on population density and commute habits of the people, but after a certain population density is reached the premise that transportation speed is inversely proportional to density holds true for the most part. Fixed line transport such as trains may not be directly affected by the density but there may be a bottleneck if the density is sufficient to saturate the lines. If the trains are running full - this would lead to increase in wait times and longer commute time.
Re:Her six-hour commute each day seems crazy, but her afford... by jacobolus on Sunday December 17, 2017 @11:06AM (#15946261)
If you fill your whole city with 30+ story high rises and subways are overwhelmed even when running cars every 1-2 minutes (e.g. some Chinese cities), you can definitely create a bottleneck at the subway during commute hours. That's very high density we are talking about though.