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b1argg t1_jarg5xn wrote

Reply to comment by ObjectivePitiful1170 in SHOCKER: Mayor's private BQE meeting could divide Brooklyn politicians by psychothumbs

Yeah it was an emergency move to buy time to pass the political football and kick the can down the road. The reduction caused other problems, such as creating an artificial bottleneck resulting in massive traffic backups. It was always meant to be temporary.

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yakofnyc t1_jas4viu wrote

> resulting in massive traffic backups

Too many cars using the roads at the same time is what causes massive traffic backups. Add 6 new lanes and you'll still have massive traffic backups, as we see in LA. The solution to massive traffic backups is improved alternatives to driving, and more disincentives to driving such as congestion pricing.

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decafcovfefes t1_jas7khd wrote

This. You really want to solve traffic on the BQE? Limit it to freight/business vehicles, taxi/uber, and emergency vehicles during peak hours. 80% of the cars I see entering the BQE at Atlantic during the morning rush are driver-only commuters who would be better served by a mass-trans solution.

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b1argg t1_jasqug7 wrote

What about Queens and Brooklyn residents traveling somewhere outside the city? The BQE leads to the Verrazano

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TeamMisha t1_jatbcyp wrote

We truthfully can't accommodate every single trip, so there may not be an answer you or others like unfortunately to this question. There's still an entire network of roads to drive wherever you want, so would it be impossible, no, could it take longer depending where you are coming from? Yes. I am sure there are residents all over the place who would want a better route to their out of city destination but that's just not possible. I myself for example wish I didn't tend to take Ubers to certain transit routes due to the annoyance of getting to the station, but I know that's just how it is due to where I chose to live.

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b1argg t1_jaudxah wrote

All I'm saying is that they shouldn't reduce the number of existing lanes

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