Trapped in traffic = roads are working normally Trapped in transit = someone fucked up Go to a country where transit isn't a shitshow and there will still be traffic jams. Nothing inherent in transit which makes failures like this inevitable!https://twitter.com/wraithburn/status/945643820632461313 …
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This isn't the bus equivalent of a normal Tuesday morning commute--this is the bus equivalent of a highway viaduct collapsing.
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Replying to @380kmh
It could be, and should be, better. I'd argue that traffic isn't a problem if it doesn't jam up, which indicates the road web can only support a certain max flow. So dense, tight pop? Buses/trains Spread out pop? Cars
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Dense places need cars too, and not everyone in spread out places can drive--but yes, roads have a capacity limit (so do trains and buses, of course, but theirs is much higher)
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The reason I say traffic jams are "normal operations" for roads is that the capacity limit is fixed, but the used capacity changes drastically during the day--same reason trains get packed around rush hour. A crowded train isn't a malfunction, just like a crowded highway isn't.
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So the train IS the road, not the car! Mental shift there
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