@NightOwl@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca • 2 months agoOntario can end gridlock. But not with more highwayswww.nationalobserver.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down10
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minus-squarebluGilllinkfedilink-1•2 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-square@FireRetardant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink7•2 months agoIf at any point you need 5 additonal lanes, you don’t need lanes, you need different infrastructure
minus-squarebluGilllinkfedilink0•2 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.