Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes people drive more (2015)

Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by lmm on Friday December 28, 2018 @03:35PM (#18779216)

I live in London. Many people don't own cars. Many who moved here with a car give up their cars. Working public transport systems leave everyone better off.

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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by pbhjpbhj on Friday December 28, 2018 @03:47PM (#18779288)

Public transport in London is incredibly good, I'm always amazed. But then it's NOT run by 5 competing companies that couldn't care less about linked up journeys.

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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by twblalock on Saturday December 29, 2018 @01:49PM (#18785059)

On the other hand, transit in Tokyo and Osaka is run by a number of public and private companies, some of which compete with each other, and linked-up journeys are no problem at all. It's totally doable.

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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by lmm on Thursday January 03, 2019 @06:19AM (#18814342)

Japanese companies do not have much of a reputation for red-in-tooth-and-claw competition (e.g. the "gentleman's agreement" about advertised car horsepower).

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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by icelancer on Friday December 28, 2018 @03:51PM (#18779316)

Your cities are built for mass transit. Ours are not, owing to the enormous landmass we utilize in the ways that we do. This is not a simple problem to solve by just adding more trains and bus units.

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