Elon Musk hates 405 Freeway traffic, offers money to speed widening

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Post by mynd » Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 1:22 AM UTC

Elon Musk hates 405 Freeway traffic, offers money to speed widening
latimes.com

Re: Elon Musk hates 405 Freeway traffic, offers money to speed widening

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Post by lutusp » Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 2:03 AM UTC

As it turns out, some road improvement projects change the pattern of route usage in a way that they paradoxically make the situation worse. It's called "Braess's paradox" and it stems from analysis of network topology and Nash equilibria:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braesss_paradox

Also, a typical road improvement project costs between one and five million dollars per mile. Based on the mean value, Musk's $50K contribution would add capacity to 106 feed of roadway.

Nice gesture, though.

Re: Elon Musk hates 405 Freeway traffic, offers money to speed widening

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Post by loceng » Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 2:10 AM UTC

lutusp wrote: post #2

As it turns out, some road improvement projects change the pattern of route usage in a way that they paradoxically make the situation worse. It's called "Braess's paradox" and it stems from analysis of network topology and Nash equilibria: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braesss_paradox Also, a typical road improvement project costs between one and five million dollars per mile. Based on the mean value, Musk's $50K cont…

I imagine the gesture was meant as a way to perhaps incite others to put additional of their own funds into it (outside of the taxes they hopefully pay).

Re: Elon Musk hates 405 Freeway traffic, offers money to speed widening

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Post by lutusp » Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 2:12 AM UTC

loceng wrote: post #3

lutusp wrote: post #2

As it turns out, some road improvement projects change the pattern of route usage in a way that they paradoxically make the situation worse. It's called "Braess's paradox" and it stems from analysis of network topology and Nash equilibria: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braesss_paradox Also, a typical road improvement project costs between one and five million dollars per mile. Based on the mean value, Musk's $50K cont…

I imagine the gesture was meant as a way to perhaps incite others to put additional of their own funds into it (outside of the taxes they hopefully pay).

I think Musk's involvement will be beneficial more because of his name and his reputation for getting things done, than by way of his contribution.