NightOwl@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 3 months agoOntario can end gridlock. But not with more highwayswww.nationalobserver.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down10
arrow-up198arrow-down1external-linkOntario can end gridlock. But not with more highwayswww.nationalobserver.comNightOwl@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 3 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·3 months agoBy the time anyone realizes a lane is needed you need 5 times as many lanes as you have to allow safe seperation between cars.
minus-squareFireRetardant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoIf at any point you need 5 additonal lanes, you don’t need lanes, you need different infrastructure
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoIt isn’t 5 more lanes it is 5 times. So a exurb two lane freeway starting to become crowded needs to expand to ten lanes just for safety.
By the time anyone realizes a lane is needed you need 5 times as many lanes as you have to allow safe seperation between cars.
If at any point you need 5 additonal lanes, you don’t need lanes, you need different infrastructure
It isn’t 5 more lanes it is 5 times. So a exurb two lane freeway starting to become crowded needs to expand to ten lanes just for safety.