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Originally Posted by Dalreg
There is no infrastructure buildable to get vehicles OFF roads. Doesn't matter how many bike lanes, bus lanes, rail lines etc you build, the bottom line is people will use there vehicles.
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That's just completely false. Yes, people will continue use vehicles, but not all people. Providing good, rapid transit can have a huge impact on how many people drive, same goes with having good cycling and pedestrian infrastructure, especially if the density of residential development is increase right around the transit infrastructure (which is the cities plan with their BRT corridors).
Right now our transit system is not good. It's gotten a bit better in the last few years (and as a result ridership increased significantly - i.e. by ~8% last year), but it's still not great. If it can do as well as it does as is, there is the potential that ridership will significantly increase once the BRT is in place..........and I'm sure it should be obvious, but if not, if/when this occurs, some of those new riders will be people that previously chose to drive.
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