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Rock Miller (71054.527@compuserve.com) writes:
> A single busy subway line can carry 50,000 people per hour in one
> direction. The next time you're in a traffic jam on the Triborough or in
> the Midtown Tunnel, think about what it would be like if an additional
> 50,000 people were added to the jam. Then reflect that the bridge toll
> that you pay might just be a bargain in terms of the time it saves you
> sitting stuck in traffic.

To put it into perspective: a "free"way lane can carry about 2000 cars per
hour under ideal conditions (not when traffic is stop&go, though). So one
subway line replaces a 50 lane "free"way (two directions, assuming you
don't have reversible lanes). Arterial road lanes  have under half the
capacity of a "free"way lane.
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