Traffic congestion increased this year, despite new roads
The total length and duration of traffic jams in the Netherlands increased this year, despite the opening of several new roads in Zuid Holland, figures from the ANWB show. The ANWB said traffic congestion – the length of jams multiplied by their duration – rose by 3% compared with last year.
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Just one more lane bro. /s
At what point do we start to call out people constantly ignoring induced traffic as fact-averse idiots?
We had a national government that accepted this and retitled the road-building budget as "pinch point funding" to say it should only be used to smooth junctions where jams accumulate, not on extra lanes to deliver more cars to those jams.
Local government still found creative ways to subvert it into building new roads and lanes, then that national government was sacrificed on the altar of Brexit and business as abnormal resumed. That's why we don't get nice things.
What’s a traffic jam? Are those the things i pass on my bike?
I love traffic jams. You can watch the stages of grief in every driver when you pass them on bike or foot.
When you go by train (especially on your daily commute) it's even better. You can't see their faces, but you see the amount of cars and hear of your colleagues that take 3x the time you do to make the daily commute and it just brighten your day 😁
sure it's fun to be smug, but those angry drivers will just focus their anger on removing bike lanes or other stupid things. Drivers are too stupid for any kind of self-reflection on their self-inflicted problems.
@9488fcea02a9 @AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor
It's amazing to me how millions of Americans complain about traffic every day but never think about how to alleviate it.
they gave up on alleviating it a long time ago....
leather seats, premium sound system, in dash entertainment screen, extra large cupholders, reclining seats....
they've already accepted their prison sentence and just do everything to make their prison cell more comfortable instead of trying to free themselves.
@9488fcea02a9
That's the American mentality all the way: individual solutions to societal problems. Traffic taking up your time and killing the environment? Just buy a comfy car with good AC. Lethal traffic accidents? Just make sure your car is bigger so the other person gets killed. School shootings? Don't ban guns, just give your kid a bulletproof backpack.
It's a disgusting way to live, honestly.
When I do commute to work, I unfortunately take a bus after my train, so I'm affected by the traffic. I avoided commuting in December because the traffic was so bad it more than doubled my commute time from 1.5 hours to well over 3 hours. Thankfully I can work from home, but I do like working in the office with my team when I can.
I've had so many conversations with coworkers about not having a car, and most of them just don't get that yes public transport is slow, but it's only as slow as it is because everyone has a car. If more of those who are able to use public transport did, traffic would be so much less for everyone and public transport would be a fast option.
It never ceases to amaze me how every 10 years or so, cities try to expand the roads and all it does is expand the traffic. If only there was a way to archive all the civil engineering data and studies in one place for the last 40 years that can be easily searched and referenced by anyone. /s
It’s weird getting old. I’m about to witness the return of JNCO jeans. I’ve seen so many cycles and I KNOW I’m not the smartest person in the room. How long does the American government think they can keep voting against public interests?
I saw a kid the other day wearing what looked like jncos. He even had the wallet chain. Kid must have been like 9.
Fashion really is cyclical and now I know how my parents felt when we all went through that bell bottom phase in the 90s.
Why did we think having soggy ankles all day was cool? 😆
As long as the American people keep putting these same damn people in government.
It’s funny that we HAVE to change our president every 4-8 years when they can cause so much chaos but all their “checks and balances” like the Supreme Court and senators/congress can just stay as long as they want. Obviously Senate and Congress have to be re-elected but SCOTUS and most other federal judges? It’s like playing rugby or American football with the kid that failed senior year 20 times.
just on more
laneroad bro!