NightOwl@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 21 hours agoOntario can end gridlock. But not with more highwayswww.nationalobserver.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down10
arrow-up179arrow-down1external-linkOntario can end gridlock. But not with more highwayswww.nationalobserver.comNightOwl@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 21 hours agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 hours 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-up5·8 hours agoIf at any point you need 5 additonal lanes, you don’t need lanes, you need different infrastructure
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours 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.