Comments on: Flyovers: A Silver Bullet? http://urbanplanningblog.com/97/flyovers-a-silver-bullet/ Thoughts on Urban Planning and Design Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:21:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: silkboard http://urbanplanningblog.com/97/flyovers-a-silver-bullet/#comment-30 silkboard Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:22:19 +0000 http://urbanplanningblog.com/2006/07/14/flyovers-a-silver-bullet/#comment-30 Exactly! I am glad a few people agree with me on this <a href="https://silkboard.wordpress.com/2006/05/16/fly-over-what/" rel="nofollow">pointless craze for flyovers</a>. Exactly! I am glad a few people agree with me on this pointless craze for flyovers.

]]> By: Ken http://urbanplanningblog.com/97/flyovers-a-silver-bullet/#comment-29 Ken Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:03:38 +0000 http://urbanplanningblog.com/2006/07/14/flyovers-a-silver-bullet/#comment-29 I think the solution to the problem of snarlups on flyover routes (or, as I will call them, freeways), has to do with getting cars moving at the right speed for the conditions, and maintaining the right amount of distance and travelling in the correct lane for the conditions. Where I live the freeways have a posted speed of 60 miles per hour, but most of the cars on them during peak periods can expect at best a reasonable traffic speed of 25 - 30 miles per hour. However, there are lots of people who don't know this. People don't know how to get on and off the roadway, which leads to the snarlups at the intersections of the routes, as well as snarlups at on and offramps. With enforced spacing and variable speed limits, it is quite possible to squeeze every last bit of efficiency out of a travel route. Unfortunately, driving with an eye toward increasing the efficiency of the whole traffic system is somewhat counter to human nature. I'm in favor of computer control of cars on freeways for that reason. I think the solution to the problem of snarlups on flyover routes (or, as I will call them, freeways), has to do with getting cars moving at the right speed for the conditions, and maintaining the right amount of distance and travelling in the correct lane for the conditions.

Where I live the freeways have a posted speed of 60 miles per hour, but most of the cars on them during peak periods can expect at best a reasonable traffic speed of 25 – 30 miles per hour. However, there are lots of people who don’t know this. People don’t know how to get on and off the roadway, which leads to the snarlups at the intersections of the routes, as well as snarlups at on and offramps. With enforced spacing and variable speed limits, it is quite possible to squeeze every last bit of efficiency out of a travel route. Unfortunately, driving with an eye toward increasing the efficiency of the whole traffic system is somewhat counter to human nature. I’m in favor of computer control of cars on freeways for that reason.

]]> By: BD http://urbanplanningblog.com/97/flyovers-a-silver-bullet/#comment-28 BD Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:08:26 +0000 http://urbanplanningblog.com/2006/07/14/flyovers-a-silver-bullet/#comment-28 The only way I see to the solution of India's traffic problems is shunning the use of personal vehicles. Unless the government invests heavily on mass rapid transit facilities, Bangalore is going to happen in every Indian city. The only way I see to the solution of India’s traffic problems is shunning the use of personal vehicles.

Unless the government invests heavily on mass rapid transit facilities, Bangalore is going to happen in every Indian city.

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