← Back to context Comment by cyberax 2 days ago And yet, still faster. That's the paradox of cars. 3 comments cyberax Reply rsynnott 1 day ago Cars are very much not faster than trams in high traffic conditions. Nevermind heavy rail. cyberax 19 hours 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/ xnx 16 hours ago > Cars are better than transitAnd are even better when parking isn't a concern (e.g. taxi service)
rsynnott 1 day ago Cars are very much not faster than trams in high traffic conditions. Nevermind heavy rail. cyberax 19 hours 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/ xnx 16 hours ago > Cars are better than transitAnd are even better when parking isn't a concern (e.g. taxi service)
cyberax 19 hours 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/ xnx 16 hours ago > Cars are better than transitAnd are even better when parking isn't a concern (e.g. taxi service)
xnx 16 hours ago > Cars are better than transitAnd are even better when parking isn't a concern (e.g. taxi service)
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/
> Cars are better than transit
And are even better when parking isn't a concern (e.g. taxi service)