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The Trick To Stop Speeding Drivers Is Actually More Green Lights (www.thedrive.com)
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[–] 14 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Never been a fan of the "we shouldn't make the smaller, easier improvements because we need to do the bigger, harder things instead" argument...

Yes, we need more and better public transit, but that is going to take a whole lot of time, money, and effort to work towards. Yes, it's worthwhile, and we shouldn't STOP working towards it because of this, but I don't think that's a reason to balk at a smaller, easier incremental change that encourages safer driving while also simply being more efficient.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    More efficient is more cars per hour. When cars move faster, you can get more cars per hour through those intersections when the lights are green.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Nothing that involves the phrase "more cars" is more efficient. Cars are massively inefficient monuments to toxic individualism and ecocidal narcissism.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    More cars per hour is less cars stuck in traffic on the roads... the number of cars is a given, getting them off the road ASAP is the goal.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    the number of cars is a given,

    No the number of cars is a policy choice.

    Nobody is forcing cities and counties to only build for the carbrained, they do that on their own. If they'd make driving less convenient and transit more convenient, the number of cars would decrease significantly.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 weeks ago

    If they’d make driving less convenient and transit more convenient, the number of cars would decrease significantly.

    Of course you're talking about billions of dollars in construction projects, is it you in the construction industry, or a family member? It took 100 years of infrastructure build to get here, it's going to take quite a few to change course.

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