Like seriously put yourself in the shoes of the traffic modeler and explain to me how you could seriously argue that it could take 40 more minutes to travel .5 miles without drivers changing their behavior the next week.
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"I mean sure, that didn't happen when we closed a lane for construction. But this is DIFFERENT."
aug 28, 2025, 10:25 pm • 14 0 • view
Traffic modeling really is like, people will just keep driving even if it takes them 24 hours to go one block
aug 28, 2025, 10:31 pm • 17 2 • view
And yet, a new lane will solve congestion immediately
aug 28, 2025, 10:32 pm • 12 0 • view
So odd how we end up modeling the need for more lanes *every. Single. time.&
aug 28, 2025, 10:39 pm • 3 0 • view
It is difficult to get [someone] to understand something when [their] salary depends on [them] not understanding it.
aug 28, 2025, 10:40 pm • 1 0 • view