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That cannot be an emperical statement. Traffic engineers have absolutely wrecked the american city, largely be ause they didnt know the impact of adding lanes.
by trgn 26d ago
That cannot be an emperical statement. Traffic engineers have absolutely wrecked the american city, largely be ause they didnt know the impact of adding lanes.
It's not the only reason. I think that traffic engineers lack/lacked a feel, a certain gut understanding , an inability to feel through the skin. Just look around you. See and hear them at municipal meetings. They are unable to sensually experience the effects of their work, their praxis.
- cwnyth 26d agoI've spoken with traffic engineers before, and the consensus I've gotten is that, excusing a few bad apples, much of the problems originate with popular or political interference.
- trgn 26d agoI believe it, but what's the point of having them then.
- cwnyth 26d agoTo do the best they can do within the confines of what's politically acceptable. There's an intersection near me that is just horrendous, but the engineer I talked to, who is now retired, said it was his mentor's task to fix it some 50 years ago. Actually fixing it, though, would require removing parking spaces, and the mayors have routinely vetoed that idea after they received pushback. The people are to blame. You get what you vote for.
- duskdozer 26d agoWho's to say they aren't the same as the developers implementing all the bad stuff at <pick your favorite hated tech company>? Listen to what they say, and plenty know it's bad, but they shrug their shoulders because that's what the bosses want and the pay is good.