The City of Charlottesville has a master plan which includes infrastructure upgrades and expanding their business network.
charlottesville.gov/…/Transit-Strategic-Plan-TSP
It sounds like the people suing don’t want to ride the bus.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
That seems reasonable to me. Adding a lot of people without addressing how they will get around will only lead to diaster.
It’s an odd oversight though.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
You don’t need to widen roads for that. In fact, it might be the worst option due to induced demand. For the curious, see:
More Lanes are (Still) a Bad Thing
yewtu.be/watch?v=CHZwOAIect4
youtu.be/CHZwOAIect4
The quote specifically mentions “widen any roads”. I haven’t read Charlottesville plans, but it could have included other options like public transport and bike infrastructure.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
Induced demand is also known as latent demand. If your roads are so shit people just stay home, that’s not a good thing.
Here’s a short paper from Texas A&M university on the subject. More lanes reduces congestion. Follow the citations if you’re interested.
…tamu.edu/…/adding-new-lanes-or-roads-4-pg.pdf
my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
I think you’re misrepresenting that a little. It’s not peer reviewed, doesn’t appear to have any researchers names attached at all, doesn’t mention latent demand, and doesn’t at any point consider that there could be other modes of transport. It reads to me like someone trying to sell their road building project.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
have a look at their post history, they’re clearly not here in good faith.
pc486@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
A white paper from a civil engineering arm of a university closely associated with TX DOT citing MDOT?
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