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Build it and they will come - but where are they?
On 4/23/2018 11:21 AM, sms wrote:
It's not going to be bicycles that are the top contributor to vehicle reductions, but if they can contribute just 1-2% it would be significant. What is the relevant definition of "significant"? Between 2016 and 2017, annual U.S. miles driven increased 2.8%. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...-u-s-last-year If bicycles reduced that by 1% to 2%, things would be back to where they were in about four to eight months. I wouldn't call that significant. Some people in r.b.t. have a distorted view of the value of bicycle infrastructure since they are perfectly happy to ride without any. Hmm. We just joined some friends for a ride of a bit over 30 miles. Maybe five miles were on a near-empty MUP. That was nice. The rest was on perfectly ordinary roads with no special bicycle infrastructure. That was just as nice. I thought people who are perfectly happy to ride without special infrastructure are called "cyclists." -- - Frank Krygowski |
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Build it and they will come - but where are they?
On Monday, April 23, 2018 at 11:21:36 AM UTC-4, sms wrote:
On 4/22/2018 4:27 AM, Duane wrote: snip Delays due to traffic congestion increase exponentially with more vehicles, not linearly. A 10% reduction in the number of vehicles, by whatever means, would greatly reduce congestion in my area. snip That's not been the case in NYC. There have been yearly cordon counts dating back to the 1960's. All taxi trip origin/destination and elapsed time data has been available since 2009. This permits estimating speed (congestion) within any area in the city. The results show that within Manhattan's CBD (below 60th St), cordon counts across the CBD boundary are at 30+ year lows. The results also show that average speeds are also decreasing. |
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