The hidden traffic metric that makes cities worse
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Date: 2020-04-09
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Mangobonbon
From what I heard, it seems that in this models every citizen has a car. This is a big contrast to Germany here. I live on the countryside and yet still not everyone owns a car, even though travel distances are longer. Puplic transportation and denser cities do wonders to traffic. The american laws to ensure parking spaces seem inflated, because onstreet parking is never considered. I still dont get why driveways are needed in suburbs, where there is enough parking space on the roads.
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From what I heard, it seems that in this models every citizen has a car. This is a big contrast to Germany here. I live on the countryside and yet still not everyone owns a car, even though travel distances are longer. Puplic transportation and denser cities do wonders to traffic. The american laws to ensure parking spaces seem inflated, because onstreet parking is never considered. I still dont get why driveways are needed in suburbs, where there is enough parking space on the roads.
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Lucid
People working this out need to get away from their spread sheets and interact with real people. People's brains work best on events. Not averages. Sure people get annoyed at long commute time but they get down right angry at events. i. e. I spent three light cycles at that f. n' intersection. Even if their commute time was the same. I do not believe city planers will alter everyone brains to conform to their spreadsheets.
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People working this out need to get away from their spread sheets and interact with real people. People's brains work best on events. Not averages. Sure people get annoyed at long commute time but they get down right angry at events. i. e. I spent three light cycles at that f. n' intersection. Even if their commute time was the same. I do not believe city planers will alter everyone brains to conform to their spreadsheets.
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Wells306
LOS is measured by type of intersection, but also by the various HCM requirements, city requirements, street types and facilities- like curbside drop-off areas. LOS can also be greatly skewed if 1 or 2 cars are waiting a long time on the side street of a major corridor. The other issues with TIAs can be troublesome if the scope isnt large enough. It may miss areas either upstream and downstream from the project area.
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LOS is measured by type of intersection, but also by the various HCM requirements, city requirements, street types and facilities- like curbside drop-off areas. LOS can also be greatly skewed if 1 or 2 cars are waiting a long time on the side street of a major corridor. The other issues with TIAs can be troublesome if the scope isnt large enough. It may miss areas either upstream and downstream from the project area.
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Mochamad
LOS should be used to plan a city as a whole - not to rule in or out a single development. A totally good point. Traffic impact studies aren't just used in the US though - apparently in the UK it's also problematic, although where the problem truly lies haven't really been uncovered to laypersons.
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LOS should be used to plan a city as a whole - not to rule in or out a single development. A totally good point. Traffic impact studies aren't just used in the US though - apparently in the UK it's also problematic, although where the problem truly lies haven't really been uncovered to laypersons.
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Anil
While I certainly support the ideas you put forward, I am worried that you so casually argue how switching statistical tools conveniently aligns with the political/planning goals of yourself and many governments. Never change the data to fit your ideology, always change your ideology to fit the data.
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While I certainly support the ideas you put forward, I am worried that you so casually argue how switching statistical tools conveniently aligns with the political/planning goals of yourself and many governments. Never change the data to fit your ideology, always change your ideology to fit the data.
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Berkay
Hey citybeautiful, could u some day make a video on how to become a city planner and how your potential career would look like. That would be rly amazing Cool vid as always Greetings from Germany
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Hey citybeautiful, could u some day make a video on how to become a city planner and how your potential career would look like. That would be rly amazing Cool vid as always Greetings from Germany
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Johan
That clip is from the (excellent) movie Office Space. Maybe it's been used in a commercial as well (I don't live in USA, so I wouldn't have seen it, but that's the origin. Highly recommend.
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That clip is from the (excellent) movie Office Space. Maybe it's been used in a commercial as well (I don't live in USA, so I wouldn't have seen it, but that's the origin. Highly recommend.
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Guest
People in my country bought two or more cars without having their own garage. they parked it on the streets as if they owned it and that makes traffic.
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People in my country bought two or more cars without having their own garage. they parked it on the streets as if they owned it and that makes traffic.
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ken
bit of devils advocacy but how dose infill vs green space affect the spread of things like covid. my thought is infill is where this is blowing up.
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bit of devils advocacy but how dose infill vs green space affect the spread of things like covid. my thought is infill is where this is blowing up.
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