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Fit_Low592 t1_j63te6j wrote

Reply to comment by Shmeves in I-95 in CT ranks as most congested corridor in USA beating out LA; Merritt Parkway also makes top 10 by celticnutjob

This is true. There is a “induced demand” fallacy, that it’s easy to assume that widening or building more roads will relieve congestion, but in reality it makes people want to drive more since there is more space and options, thus creating more traffic anyway. More Mass transit options are the only way to combat this. They need to make the trains more efficient. It would be nice if one thing we could have would be the double-decker trains like NJT has, although I’m sure there is some investment needed in catenaries and tunnels.

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AhbabaOooMaoMao t1_j63uekd wrote

Small vehicles is another option. That Segway guy was ahead of his time.

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Fit_Low592 t1_j63uip2 wrote

There is this thing called a bike too. 🤣 although people can’t realistically do a commute on either of those vehicles.

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