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Re:Car Bloat: “Huge Cars Are Terrible for Society” by shiftpgdn on Monday August 07, 2023 @02:56PM (#37039021)
This should be obvious to anyone with eyes too. Go look at a neighborhood with no or low through traffic and extremely old roads are in good condition. Meanwhile a nearby through-fare, unless constantly repaired and patched, will be falling apart.
Re:Car Bloat: “Huge Cars Are Terrible for Society” by giantg2 on Monday August 07, 2023 @03:01PM (#37039145)
Even the low traffic roads in freeze-thaw regions need constant repair. So it's not all weight related. Weight is a factor that really only matters once you start looking at commercial size vehicles.
Re:Car Bloat: “Huge Cars Are Terrible for Society” by KeplerBoy on Monday August 07, 2023 @03:12PM (#37039375)
Also look at your local bus terminals. That asphalt is damaged beyond belief, even though it sees next to no traffic.

A few dozen buses a day braking and accelerating on the same patch of street over and over will wreck it.

Re:Car Bloat: “Huge Cars Are Terrible for Society” by warrenm on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @01:23PM (#37052511)
Thanks, asphalt!

Yeah - it happens to concrete, too ...but it takes way longer

Re:Car Bloat: “Huge Cars Are Terrible for Society” by Fatnino on Monday August 07, 2023 @03:54PM (#37040061)
There's a ghost town in california called new idria. Obviously, very little traffic on the road leading to it. The pavement surface is probably 50 years old and in reasonable shape except for certain areas that make you wish you brought a 4x4
Re:Car Bloat: “Huge Cars Are Terrible for Society” by vel0city on Monday August 07, 2023 @04:27PM (#37040505)
In my area its immediately obvious which lanes and roads have bus routes. A three-lane each way road will have two nearly pristine lanes and one completely beat to hell. Guess which one the bus takes.
Re:Car Bloat: “Huge Cars Are Terrible for Society” by chrismcb on Monday August 07, 2023 @05:27PM (#37041196)
I would expect a neighborhood, even where everyone owns a semi to have significantly less wear than a thorough-faire that sees a lot of traffic. But even that didn't tell you everything. A good quality asphalt will out last a poor one pretty much no matter the conditions. We have a stretch of road near us that is always in bad shape, when another stretch, seeing the exact same traffic is in good condition.