This Tiny Island has Insane Traffic
Why Hacker News recommends it
Pointed to as a good rant on car-brained design and as evidence that country size is not what drives car dependence.
What it is
Not Just Bikes looks at traffic in the Bahamas to show that a small country can be just as car-centric as a big one. He ties it to land use, car dependence and how dedicated transit lanes help.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2023 to 2025.
What Hacker News said
Recommends nayuki · 2025-02 · on “The Prophet of Parking: A eulogy for the great Donald Shoup”
> moved from the Caribbean, where public transportation was nonexistent, and traffic and parking were a constant nightmare Not Just Bikes did a great rant on the carbrain of The Bahamas: [this video]
Cites kiliantics · 2023-04 · on “Dashcam Footage Shows Driverless Cars Clogging San Francisco”
According to the NYC MTA[1], there are close to 6k buses in the fleet with 1.2M riders per day. That's over 200 riders per bus per day. With each paying a $2.75 fare, you are making about enough to cover your estimated costs. I think the problem is not the cost of the bus but the organisation of the city's infrastructure. The bus could be a viable option for a lot more people -- far more than 200 per bus per day -- they just don't structure the roadways to maximise bus use but rather to minimise it. If there isn't a dedicated lane for buses (physically separated since NYPD cannot or will not enforce painted separation) then buses will go at least as slow as traffic, along with regular stoppi
Cites TomK32 · 2023-07 · on “Germany Achieves Record 57.7% Renewable Energy Share for First Half of 2023”
Oh you picked the wrong guy for your comment: I worked 10km away the winter before and got out the door at 6am, cycled to work and left a 5pm to cycle back home, often when it was dark again. It's only a question of the right outfit, not the weather, otherwise everyone on the Bahamas would cycle [this video]