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D14DFF0B t1_j326ibo wrote

Reply to comment by actualtext in Traffic study by former head of NYC DOT reveals what he says is ultimate cause of congestion by HEIMDVLLR

  1. Road diets
  2. More car-free streets and plazas
  3. Bus lanes + automated enforcement
  4. Bike lanes + automated enforcement
  5. Remove parking for loading zones, Citi Bike docks, trash zones, etc
  6. Congestion charging and tolling

Basically anything to make driving less pleasant. This will reduce demand.

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22thoughts t1_j32t4mk wrote

“Basically anything to make driving less pleasant”-And that’s why drivers say there is a war on cars.

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D14DFF0B t1_j32zppt wrote

Good. Cars are destroying the planet and drivers are killing and maiming bikers, pedestrians, and themselves.

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22thoughts t1_j33cioz wrote

Cars aren’t going anywhere buddy, they’ve brought mankind pretty far along. We’ll have electric cars before you know it and those will harm the environment less than current ones but for the love of god get off your high horse

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gamelord12 t1_j33ri0h wrote

No one is trying to uninvent the car. It just needs to be used far less for jobs that it's bad at; that excessive use is what leads to inefficient spending, climate change, and needless traffic violence and deaths, not to mention congestion.

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InfernalTest t1_j32ubpc wrote

reduce demand for people who think like this is more likely the result.....

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actualtext t1_j336o5z wrote

Thanks for offering a bunch of answers to my question. I can definitely see idea 6 being perhaps the most impactful followed by idea 3. But they’d all add up and would certainly fall under the purview of the DOT.

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