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dante662 t1_iu49gny wrote

As the other commenter said, Friday is WFH day for hybrid folks who only get one or two WFH days a week.

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Reducing the number of cars by as little as 10% has gigantic impact on traffic (just as increasing by 10% can be crippling).

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PLS-Surveyor-US t1_iu4c6ky wrote

especially when you never fix bottlenecks or balance the supply/demand side.

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closerocks t1_iu5eax3 wrote

https://www.lamag.com/driver/science-reveals-courtesy-can-cause-traffic/

Of course roadway courtesy has never been a feature of Boston-area drivers.

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abhikavi t1_iu5frn7 wrote

Yeah, of all the things I'd blame our traffic on, excessive courtesy would not be one of them. I think we can discount that as a problem.

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member_member5thNov t1_iu5qirt wrote

As long as everyone drives like an asshole we can all safely drive like assholes.

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SleaterKenny t1_iu5gd72 wrote

Monday also.

Basically, don't drive to work Tuesday-Thursday. Take the T.

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steamedfarts t1_iu5i94d wrote

I mean, shit, if you can reasonably take public transport to your job then why drive in the first place

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dante662 t1_iu5wfpc wrote

Same reason everyone does, they don't want to have to rely on someone else for their trip home.

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Need to run out the door to make a specific commuter train, and if it's cancelled, might be hours of waiting or shuttle buses. Sure, doesn't happen that often...but everyone would rather be in their own car, with their own sense of control over the situation.

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It doesn't help that we spent the past 2.5 years beating people over the head with COVID and social distancing. Huge numbers of people are still never going to get into a crowded elevator ever again, let alone a subway train. Shit, I see people wearing masks walking down the street, outside, alone. Of course people would rather drive.

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And that doesn't even get into the high profile media reports of random nutcases attacking people on public transit. Everyone's on edge.

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steamedfarts t1_iu6204t wrote

Please keep using these lines of logic. Means more space on transit for all the rest of us.

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charons-voyage t1_iu6dgow wrote

I mean the T is pretty crappy. But traffic is way worse imo.

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