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Comment by johnea

2 days ago

It is really efficient, at sitting in traffic with all the other cars 8-/

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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