← Back to context Comment by johnea 6 months ago It is really efficient, at sitting in traffic with all the other cars 8-/ 4 comments johnea Reply cyberax 6 months ago And yet, still faster. That's the paradox of cars. rsynnott 6 months ago Cars are very much not faster than trams in high traffic conditions. Nevermind heavy rail. cyberax 6 months ago Yes, they are. Do an experiment, drop ten points randomly on a city map. Then plot routes between them, using Google for transit and cars.For most cities, cars will be about 2-3x faster. For three simple reasons: no walking, no waiting, no stopping.And that's the paradox. Cars are better than transit, yet modern cities are hell-bent on destroying the car infrastructure.You can also check this site with isochrones for different transport modes: https://www.geoapify.com/isoline-api/ 1 reply →
cyberax 6 months ago And yet, still faster. That's the paradox of cars. rsynnott 6 months ago Cars are very much not faster than trams in high traffic conditions. Nevermind heavy rail. cyberax 6 months ago Yes, they are. Do an experiment, drop ten points randomly on a city map. Then plot routes between them, using Google for transit and cars.For most cities, cars will be about 2-3x faster. For three simple reasons: no walking, no waiting, no stopping.And that's the paradox. Cars are better than transit, yet modern cities are hell-bent on destroying the car infrastructure.You can also check this site with isochrones for different transport modes: https://www.geoapify.com/isoline-api/ 1 reply →
rsynnott 6 months ago Cars are very much not faster than trams in high traffic conditions. Nevermind heavy rail. cyberax 6 months ago Yes, they are. Do an experiment, drop ten points randomly on a city map. Then plot routes between them, using Google for transit and cars.For most cities, cars will be about 2-3x faster. For three simple reasons: no walking, no waiting, no stopping.And that's the paradox. Cars are better than transit, yet modern cities are hell-bent on destroying the car infrastructure.You can also check this site with isochrones for different transport modes: https://www.geoapify.com/isoline-api/ 1 reply →
cyberax 6 months ago Yes, they are. Do an experiment, drop ten points randomly on a city map. Then plot routes between them, using Google for transit and cars.For most cities, cars will be about 2-3x faster. For three simple reasons: no walking, no waiting, no stopping.And that's the paradox. Cars are better than transit, yet modern cities are hell-bent on destroying the car infrastructure.You can also check this site with isochrones for different transport modes: https://www.geoapify.com/isoline-api/ 1 reply →
And yet, still faster. That's the paradox of cars.
Cars are very much not faster than trams in high traffic conditions. Nevermind heavy rail.
Yes, they are. Do an experiment, drop ten points randomly on a city map. Then plot routes between them, using Google for transit and cars.
For most cities, cars will be about 2-3x faster. For three simple reasons: no walking, no waiting, no stopping.
And that's the paradox. Cars are better than transit, yet modern cities are hell-bent on destroying the car infrastructure.
You can also check this site with isochrones for different transport modes: https://www.geoapify.com/isoline-api/
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