05-24-2016, 09:36 AM
‘War on cars’? You brought up ‘30 km/h limited school zone with chicanes and "speed reducing features"! But I don’t think anyone here suggested that would be the best form for Erb and Bridgeport. The ‘logic and numbers’ involved in promoting other modes besides driving have to do with the fact that automobiles are the least efficient use of space- transit can carry many times the number of travelers using the same road capacity- and have greater negative impacts to the environment and safety.
But that’s not actually what was being talked about here. The ‘war on cars’ is imagined here- Pheidippides pointed out that two lanes with a turning lane would have enough capacity for the volumes that Erb and Bridgeport get. The arguments here have specifically been about Erb and Bridgeport. There hasn’t been any ‘war on cars’ type statements.
But that’s not actually what was being talked about here. The ‘war on cars’ is imagined here- Pheidippides pointed out that two lanes with a turning lane would have enough capacity for the volumes that Erb and Bridgeport get. The arguments here have specifically been about Erb and Bridgeport. There hasn’t been any ‘war on cars’ type statements.