What is the ideal car traffic concentration for avenues or freeways? Should the government be responsible?
Posted December 24th, 2009 by admin 2 Comments »
Raymond asked:
Have you ever wondered why there is so much car traffic in key avenues and freeways at certain times? Does that mean that avenues and freeways are insufficient for the number of cars in transit? Does that mean that more avenues and freeways should be built? Is there a ratio of transit space-to- number of cars observed? What is the acceptable highest traffic concentration in avenues or freeways? How is that “acceptable” level determined? If the transit space is fixed and the number of cars sold and used is ever increasing, what is the limit of the transit space-to-cars in use at which the government decides to build new avenues or freeways (or expand existing)? Who keeps control of that ratio? If that ratio exists, does that imply that “acceptable” commuting times are also observed by the government? Can we sue the government for not providing sufficient transit space at rush hours? Do we have the right to keep the commuting time to our jobs (for example) below that theoretical “reasonable” time limit? How much time do you spend commuting every day? Do you feel you spend more time commuting now than you did years ago? Why do you think it is like that?
Have you ever wondered why there is so much car traffic in key avenues and freeways at certain times? Does that mean that avenues and freeways are insufficient for the number of cars in transit? Does that mean that more avenues and freeways should be built? Is there a ratio of transit space-to- number of cars observed? What is the acceptable highest traffic concentration in avenues or freeways? How is that “acceptable” level determined? If the transit space is fixed and the number of cars sold and used is ever increasing, what is the limit of the transit space-to-cars in use at which the government decides to build new avenues or freeways (or expand existing)? Who keeps control of that ratio? If that ratio exists, does that imply that “acceptable” commuting times are also observed by the government? Can we sue the government for not providing sufficient transit space at rush hours? Do we have the right to keep the commuting time to our jobs (for example) below that theoretical “reasonable” time limit? How much time do you spend commuting every day? Do you feel you spend more time commuting now than you did years ago? Why do you think it is like that?