• Redscare867@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Roads that are safer for pedestrians and cyclists get more people out of their cars. Longer car commute times make people consider alternatives such as public transit, walking, or biking. Every additional person who isn’t in their car has an exponential decrease in automobile congestion. This is all relatively well understood within urban planning and traffic engineering.

    • ZzyzxRoad@sh.itjust.works
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      This is all relatively well understood within urban planning and traffic engineering.

      I feel like someone neglected to tell this to every American urban planner then