Found here: https://twitter.com/CarsRuinedCity/status/1677005785862406144?t=Xolo43mUk4GnegFQE19q3g&s=19

Caption: Photo collage of a beach in Alexandria, Egypt, showing a progression in 3 images:

  1. Alexandria “Problem” - empty beach + walking street + 6 lane road with medium traffic + dense mid-rise buildings (likely housing)
  2. Alexandria “Solution” - empty beach (doesn’t seem to matter) + narrower walkway or sidewalk + 10 lane brand new and empty road + tiny sidewalk + the same buildings
  3. Alexandria “Results” - crowded beach + crowded beach walkway + traffic jam on the 10 lane road
  • funnystuff97@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    Playing factorio has given me a deeper appreciation of how much adding lanes doesn’t help traffic.

    Adding an extra conveyor belt to your factory line won’t help you process materials any faster. You have to add more processing elements, widening the belt lines does absolutely nothing!

  • rexxit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    The real problem here is that Egyptian cities are grotesquely overpopulated. Cairo is the poster child for urban hell.

  • saltesc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    There’s a few good mini-documentaries on YouTube starting from 1950s America through to now and how the USA is a robust, evidence-rich, long-term case study of why this is bad infrastructure. It’s basically a modern no-brainer now. Thanks to the US we know not to do this. US cities are now slowly trying to undo decades of deep-rooted bad infrastructure choices based around reliance on big road networks.

    Surprise, surprise, car manufacturers were a big player in influencing the initial decision 🤣

    Having lived in metro areas that have worked on alternative transport solutions, I can tell you it’s sooo much better and easier to live with. And I love cars—own three. But they’re just not the convenient option quite often.

    • gaussian_distro@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Where are you thinking? I visited London recently and while the underground is cool and efficient, it has quite a depressing atmosphere. I’m wondering how it can be done better

      • PeterLossGeorgeWall@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Try Berlin. It’s barrier free. All those bloody barriers you gotta stick your ticket through suck and lead to big traffic jams. Everyone basically has to pay for the upkeep of those things too. Seems like it would be expensive and I definitely hate the shuffle you get in when it’s busy.

        Berlin also has it’s problems though. Just different ones.