Thursday 12 January 2012

Less Traffic = Faster Freeway

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What a brilliant idea! Transport Minister Troy Buswell has announced that traffic lights will be used to reduce traffic congestion on the freeway.

So how will it work?

Traffic lights will be used to stop cars entering the freeway. In Auckland, apparently, this simple idea increased overall freeway speeds by 15% (Freeway test for on-ramp lights, The West Australian, 12 Jan 2012).

How can it work?!

Simple, really:

Stop traffic entering the freeway. So less cars on the freeway. So less freeway congestion... leading to increased freeway speeds.

Ummm... but... what about the cars which are stopped on the freeway on-ramps? Oh, them! Who cares!

Some cars will be waiting at traffic lights. Not allowed onto the freeway. So what!

The cars that are on the freeway will be travelling faster!

Faster freeway? Tick!

Cars stopped at traffic lights? Not our worry...

Brilliant, eh?


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