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Some cities have seen greater business increases on pedestrian and bike converted through-ways because people in cars weren't just passing by.
Bikers and pedestrians stopped and shopped in the areas they were traveling through.
I, for one, look forward to making a choice to move to a place where I can live car-free and hope more cities accelerate plans like this.
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Nope, the article says "Accordingly, says Milan Mayor Beppe Sala, the city plans to maintain its metro system’s capacity at less than two-thirds of its pre-pandemic activity. Instead of the 1.4 million average trips it saw daily before the pandemic, it will accommodate a maximum daily ridership of 400,000." Instead, they're focusing on supporting walking and cycling. "As a result, Milan is going big on cycling and wa…
This is misleading - the city controls supply, not demand. By cutting service in specific routes, they're probably just going to increase density on them. The issue is less about 'net capacity / ridership' as much as literally density on each ride. Paradoxically, reducing density comes with increasing capacity. Cities/central planners do this kind of thing all the time, they change some thing over here and think that…
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Nope, the article says "Accordingly, says Milan Mayor Beppe Sala, the city plans to maintain its metro system’s capacity at less than two-thirds of its pre-pandemic activity. Instead of the 1.4 million average trips it saw daily before the pandemic, it will accommodate a maximum daily ridership of 400,000." Instead, they're focusing on supporting walking and cycling. "As a result, Milan is going big on cycling and wa…
This is misleading - the city controls supply, not demand. By cutting service in specific routes, they're probably just going to increase density on them. The issue is less about 'net capacity / ridership' as much as literally density on each ride. Paradoxically, reducing density comes with increasing capacity. Cities/central planners do this kind of thing all the time, they change some thing over here and think that…
> the floors of metro cars and buses will be marked out with circles showing passengers the right level of distance to maintain. If the system looks like it will exceed the passenger numbers that makes this level of distancing possible, station entrances will be temporarily closed until congestion eases.
+ school times changed, shops open later, etc.
I'm perplexed by the comments here. Some cities have seen greater business increases on pedestrian and bike converted through-ways because people in cars weren't just passing by. Bikers and pedestrians stopped and shopped in the areas they were traveling through. I, for one, look forward to making a choice to move to a place where I can live car-free and hope more cities accelerate plans like this.
I used to love driving, then moved here and stopped caring altogether when I realized that public transport here is significantly faster (and cheaper) than using your car to go from point A to point B.
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Nope, the article says "Accordingly, says Milan Mayor Beppe Sala, the city plans to maintain its metro system’s capacity at less than two-thirds of its pre-pandemic activity. Instead of the 1.4 million average trips it saw daily before the pandemic, it will accommodate a maximum daily ridership of 400,000." Instead, they're focusing on supporting walking and cycling. "As a result, Milan is going big on cycling and wa…
This is misleading - the city controls supply, not demand. By cutting service in specific routes, they're probably just going to increase density on them. The issue is less about 'net capacity / ridership' as much as literally density on each ride. Paradoxically, reducing density comes with increasing capacity. Cities/central planners do this kind of thing all the time, they change some thing over here and think that…
Well. Relevant quote from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand
"Trying to cure traffic congestion by adding more capacity is like trying to cure obesity by loosening your belt."
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Public transit is a lot better in Europe, and besides, this is a long term plan.
Better in what way? I've in Paris for decades, people are jammed together all the time. Horrible conditions during a pandemic. Let's face it, cars are better in this case. Biking in Paris where it rains all the time and gets really cold, good luck with that (I'm a biker myself and use it all the time, just not feeling good about this knowing Parisians).
It at least exists in a form that is usable. In the US, most people do not even live within a bus line that comes If the local bus only comes four times a day I'm much less likely to use it, since missing one means I am screwed for quite a while or then have to cough up money I wasn't planning on spending on a taxi.
I'm perplexed by the comments here. Some cities have seen greater business increases on pedestrian and bike converted through-ways because people in cars weren't just passing by. Bikers and pedestrians stopped and shopped in the areas they were traveling through. I, for one, look forward to making a choice to move to a place where I can live car-free and hope more cities accelerate plans like this.
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Public transit is a lot better in Europe, and besides, this is a long term plan.
Better in what way? I've in Paris for decades, people are jammed together all the time. Horrible conditions during a pandemic. Let's face it, cars are better in this case. Biking in Paris where it rains all the time and gets really cold, good luck with that (I'm a biker myself and use it all the time, just not feeling good about this knowing Parisians).
Is it really worse than other big cities? Does it have a proven impact on bike usage? As some anecdata, it rains twice more in New York than in Paris 1,200mm vs. 600mm/year) and on more days (121 vs. 111/yr). Amsterdam, the well known bikes-everywhere city is colder and has more rain (900mm) than Paris. Berlin is well know for both frequent rains and a large bike usage.
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Better in what way? I've in Paris for decades, people are jammed together all the time. Horrible conditions during a pandemic. Let's face it, cars are better in this case. Biking in Paris where it rains all the time and gets really cold, good luck with that (I'm a biker myself and use it all the time, just not feeling good about this knowing Parisians).
> Biking in Paris where it rains all the time and gets really cold, good luck with that (I'm a biker myself and use it all the time, just not feeling good about this knowing Parisians). Is it really worse than other big cities? Does it have a proven impact on bike usage? As some anecdata, it rains twice more in New York than in Paris 1,200mm vs. 600mm/year) and on more days (121 vs. 111/yr). Amsterdam, the well known…