It’s because practicing engineers (as opposed to road safety researchers, who are silo’d in academia) are obsessed with Level Of Service (LOS) for cars to the exclusion of all other concerns. Cyclists and pedestrians are a joke to them, whose safety is to be afforded lip service, at best.
Traffic engineers are people who would demolish a thriving main street to build a six-lane 55mph highway and have the utter gall to call it an “improvement.” The entire industry is fundamentally fucked up, working from incorrect premises to achieve incorrect goals.
It’s because practicing engineers (as opposed to road safety researchers, who are silo’d in academia) are obsessed with Level Of Service (LOS) for cars to the exclusion of all other concerns. Cyclists and pedestrians are a joke to them, whose safety is to be afforded lip service, at best.
Traffic engineers are people who would demolish a thriving main street to build a six-lane 55mph highway and have the utter gall to call it an “improvement.” The entire industry is fundamentally fucked up, working from incorrect premises to achieve incorrect goals.
(Source: I used to work as a traffic engineer.)
why do these idiots build highways near city centers instead of on the edges, bypassing the buisness?
Are you Chuck Mahon?
If not, it’s great to see his affect on USA traffic engineering
Part of me wishes I hadn’t already changed careers before finding out about Strong Towns.