Transportation planners seem to not understand that demand can be induced via supply changes - and they misunderstand in both direction.
They misunderstand it with road design / freeway widening - if you widen a freeway that will NOT reduce congestion, rather, it will INDUCE more cars to use the roadway and will eventually result in MORE CARS CREATING THE SAME CONGESTION OR WORSE. To reduce congestion you must create alternate forms of dependable and safe transit.
They misunderstand it with public transit - if you cut routes and reduce frequency then people will stop using public transit because of the lack of dependability/convenience. To create "sustainable" public transit with high levels of use you must INDUCE DEMAND by creating a robust, connected, safe network with HIGH frequencies (no more than 10 minutes of between buses).
Transportation planners seem to not understand that demand can be induced via supply changes - and they misunderstand in both direction.
They misunderstand it with road design / freeway widening - if you widen a freeway that will NOT reduce congestion, rather, it will INDUCE more cars to use the roadway and will eventually result in MORE CARS CREATING THE SAME CONGESTION OR WORSE. To reduce congestion you must create alternate forms of dependable and safe transit.
They misunderstand it with public transit - if you cut routes and reduce frequency then people will stop using public transit because of the lack of dependability/convenience. To create "sustainable" public transit with high levels of use you must INDUCE DEMAND by creating a robust, connected, safe network with HIGH frequencies (no more than 10 minutes of between buses).
Its not the Republicans
Its not the city council
Its not Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny.
Its COTA's management and its board of directors that are killing COTA. Period.
Next time look for more inside sources. There's plenty there. They practically have to do a reorganization at this point.