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Grass8989 t1_japllu7 wrote

Reply to comment by signal_tower_product in SHOCKER: Mayor's private BQE meeting could divide Brooklyn politicians by psychothumbs

Again, this isn’t adding lanes, it’s reinstating a lane that already exists and was lessened to 2 lanes for a small portion of the BQE which creates a bottleneck at all times of the day.

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webswinger666 t1_japnmb4 wrote

it was already a bottleneck and now it’s even worse.

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Grass8989 t1_japq7mi wrote

This is true, but it used to be fairly clear after 7 or 8pm, now theres always some sort of traffic in the reduced lane section, regardless of the time of day/night.

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LiterallyBismarck t1_jarijc5 wrote

If the lanes were re-opened, traffic would immediately improve along the route. People would notice the lack of traffic, and start driving more, since now it's convenient. The number of cars driving would increase until traffic was so unbearable that people are encouraged to use other methods of getting around, changing when they make their trip, or just don't make the trip at all. If the bottleneck isn't in this section of road, it'll be somewhere else along the route, but somewhere is going to be completely choked in traffic. This plays out over and over again with every freeway widening project, I don't see why we'd expect this to be different.

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Grass8989 t1_jas9mdl wrote

Not everyone is on the BQE for the same amount of time. Before this bottleneck traffic was significantly better. It would improve traffic flow, period.

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nyny909 t1_jas9euz wrote

Also bottlenecks cause more pollution

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thebruns t1_jasntkc wrote

By the time construction is done no one will remember what gas cars were

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