How could the US solve local public transport in their huge suburban neighbourhoods? (lemmy.zip)

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I mean in those areas where it just identical houses along a road in huge blocks.

How would you realisyicly solve it?

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[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

Dedicated bus lanes can have multiple times the capacity in terms of moving people compared lanes that allow cars. Say you got a six lane road in the suburbs, convert the center lanes in each direction to dedicated bus lanes, then have a small median/curb separating the bus and car lanes on both sides. This will make buses faster than cars because of the lower congestion and incentive people to use them, making car congestion go down as well, because people who would otherwise drive are now on the bus.

City Nerd has a great channel focusing on stuff like this on YouTube and Nebula

[-] jagungal@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

With the side benefit of providing a fast lane that emergency services can make great use of

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