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By Mr. Meister (anonymous) | Posted September 15, 2011 at 00:02:09 in reply to Comment 69632
Read the references that you refer to. They both say that increasing capacity MAY reduce overall efficiency. MAY not will. In the experts own words it is MAY yet on this site it becomes the gospel, if you increase capacity you automatically reduce overall efficiency. That is the problem with so many of the arguments made on this site, the MAY just becomes an absolute.
There was a study in San Fransisco that concluded that as much as 30% of the traffic in San Fransisco was drivers circling looking for a parking spot. Then it gets quoted as a definitive study that all traffic is made up of 30% of drivers circling looking for a parking spot. In Hamilton? Who in their right mind needs to circle around for a parking spot in Hamilton?
My question was not rhetorical. Ryan was referencing an article that he wrote. Now he referrers to it as if it where the definitive answer to traffic problems. His reasoning was flawed when he wrote the article and is still flawed to this day. I find anyone who tries to prove a point in an article or debate by referencing an article that they themselves wrote to be offensive, unless of course there is some kind of recognized peer revue or general consensus that that article was universally acclaimed. If you write a thesis for your PHD and it accepted and approved by the university and you get your PHD and then you wish to reference it in a debate or argument then be my guest, that is a legitimate thing to do. To refer to an article that you wrote yourself that is not even terribly accurate is kind of creepy.
I am a big common sense guy. I believe that if you look at anything with a little common sense things will fall into place and the answer will become clear. There just is not enough common sense in many of the articles on this site. I realize that the authors are not at all evil, nor do they wish to harm the city but they are working on passion and not logic and common sense.
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