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Re: Traffic Congestion (2020)

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From: Bentley
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 00:00
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In dc.driving John Lansford <johnl@vnet.net> wrote:
: A medium sized city (I also said small ones) has under a half million
: people in it. "Significant" congestion would, IMO, mean more than an
: hour of "rush hour" traffic backups, which would equate to Level of
: Service F.

That sounds good to me.

: Around that speed, the combination of speed and volume of traffic
[snip]

Thanks. I figured you'd explain it. I HAVE to find that article, though.
Argh.

:>even slow traffic during my half-dozen business trips there.

: Then your claim that "all cities have congestion" is thereby
: incorrect, without any examples of my own.

Not necessarily. As I've demonstrated, I'm by no means a highway expert.
And my few trips to Topeka serveral years ago hardly qualify as a
responsible survey.

But I will accept your examples, and add an "almost" to my original
statement. I stand corrected.

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Date: 1998/07/12
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