Comments on: Most of the time, the road is far too big, and the rest of the time, it’s far too small https://www.isegoria.net/2022/11/most-of-the-time-the-road-is-far-too-big-and-the-rest-of-the-time-its-far-too-small/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:05:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Siegfried https://www.isegoria.net/2022/11/most-of-the-time-the-road-is-far-too-big-and-the-rest-of-the-time-its-far-too-small/comment-page-1/#comment-3574435 Siegfried Fri, 18 Nov 2022 02:47:36 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49417#comment-3574435 Public Transportation rhymes with Pubic Lice. What works well in Moscow, or the pre-Civil Rights era US has morphed into an expensive and dangerous mix of bugmen and homeless scum. Public Trans is a prime example of the designed chaos of the US Elites and their tribes. With the Homeless Industrial Complex being used as a weapon against the working classes it is hard to imagine the US economic system doing anything but devolving into chaos and eventual Balkanization. Until I can legally defend myself on an urban bus line or fixed line train, a POV will have to suffice.

]]> By: Jim https://www.isegoria.net/2022/11/most-of-the-time-the-road-is-far-too-big-and-the-rest-of-the-time-its-far-too-small/comment-page-1/#comment-3573882 Jim Wed, 16 Nov 2022 20:36:06 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49417#comment-3573882 “People Who Mug”

POC (People Of Crime)

]]> By: Jim https://www.isegoria.net/2022/11/most-of-the-time-the-road-is-far-too-big-and-the-rest-of-the-time-its-far-too-small/comment-page-1/#comment-3573555 Jim Wed, 16 Nov 2022 06:36:48 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49417#comment-3573555 Look, no one wants to say it, but the reason that American cities are inhospitable asphalt hellholes with no public spaces and nowhere to go that isn’t ruthlessly surveilled beyond the wildest dreams of the U.S.S.R. is because the ADL, the SPLC, and other Jewish lawfare attack groups will bankrupt you with legal process of a secret and quasi-criminal nature if you dare to suggest that People Who Mug belong to one of two or three very distinctive groups and that there are very simple and easy ways for state and municipal governments to guarantee a reasonable quality of life to their constituents, such as by erecting borders to control ingress.

To the Supreme Court I very respectfully say only that the mere traversal of state and municipal borders does not rightly fall within the purview of interstate commerce, and fuck you.

]]> By: Jim https://www.isegoria.net/2022/11/most-of-the-time-the-road-is-far-too-big-and-the-rest-of-the-time-its-far-too-small/comment-page-1/#comment-3573550 Jim Wed, 16 Nov 2022 06:16:57 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49417#comment-3573550 Michael van der Riet: “Public transport has to suck very deeply.”

It doesn’t suck in countries without DIE (Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity).

Weird, huh. It’s almost like…

]]> By: Douglas https://www.isegoria.net/2022/11/most-of-the-time-the-road-is-far-too-big-and-the-rest-of-the-time-its-far-too-small/comment-page-1/#comment-3572841 Douglas Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:38:27 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49417#comment-3572841 “According to simulations I’ve run professionally, latent demand for surface transport in large cities exceeds supply by a factor of 30. Not 30%. 3000%.”

Maybe I’ve been reading about congestion on the ‘antiplanner’ blog for too long, but I really suspect that simulation is wrong.

]]> By: Michael van der Riet https://www.isegoria.net/2022/11/most-of-the-time-the-road-is-far-too-big-and-the-rest-of-the-time-its-far-too-small/comment-page-1/#comment-3572673 Michael van der Riet Mon, 14 Nov 2022 11:58:47 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49417#comment-3572673 Despite the huge monetary cost compared to using public transport, people prefer cars. That’s how much the benefits are worth to us. There’s a huge time cost as well, and the huge unpleasantness of sitting in congested traffic surrounded by aggressive shall we call them jerks. Yet people prefer cars. Public transport has to suck very deeply. Bicycles come off very much worse in a confrontation with a car or truck, there’s inclement weather, and you get to work smelling of sweat. Everyone knows this, but nobody wants to confront it. There are few incentives to move people away from cars.

Autonomous cars would solve most of the problems, but all human drivers would have to be removed from the road first. I could easily see myself summoning my individual vehicle and being taxied to and fro while occupying my time with work or leisure. My NetLogo model says that autonomous vehicles would move far more smoothly because they can follow without spacing between cars and when the car ten cars ahead has to brake, all the cars behind it brake automatically with zero reaction time.

It’s everyone’s experience that during school vacations the traffic volume only has to drop by a fifth or less and the daily commute is plain sailing. Where that genius came up with a number like 3000 per cent might have been Planet Zog or the Magical Mushroom Experience. But then that’s the hyperbolic way they’re taught at Alarmist College.

]]> By: Bomag https://www.isegoria.net/2022/11/most-of-the-time-the-road-is-far-too-big-and-the-rest-of-the-time-its-far-too-small/comment-page-1/#comment-3572297 Bomag Sun, 13 Nov 2022 18:37:24 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49417#comment-3572297 “every house has half a basketball court’s worth of nothing just sitting there next to it”

I’d say feature, not bug. There is value in space; often pointed out that the wealthy spend greatly for privacy/space. Nice if we can get it naturally. I’m suspicious of economists who preach the gospel of cramming more people into less space.

I imagine such economists viewing the scene in The Matrix, with the rows and stacks of people pods; they excitedly jumped up and pointed out ways to fit the pods even closer together.

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