Congestion was intentionally and artificially created when all roads were cut to 2/3rds capacity by creating massive bike lanes for bike riders who are reckless.
It was also artificially and intentionally created by adding a massive amount of uber/tlc vehicles. Just stand on any block and watch the cars go by. 90% are not private passenger vehicles.
Before bike lanes and uber there was almost no congestion except for limited rush hours.
There are actually fewer vehicles on the road today than ever but it's an optical illusion of more for the reasons listed above.
This is just more long term political trickery just like the hudson yards project.
Walk around in London where this has been instituted and all you see are 100k+ vehicles on the road.
That's the end game. Serfs and the Elite. Emotional naivety prevents people from understanding this.
I agree that there might be too many cars for hire now, but on the other hand there's a bit of selection bias at work. Of course they are going to be the most visible cars at a corner, especially outside of rush hour: by definition they spend most of their time moving. Most private vehicles are parked, because (hopefully) people have jobs or errands to attend to. And if more parking spots were free, perhaps fewer empty cars for hire would be driving around waiting for the next ride, but I digress.
Congestion has always been around, independent of lane counts. If you managed to add more car lanes, traffic would not get any better, because more people would drive. Fewer vehicles on the road is a net win, as the air has been getting cleaner for everyone. I get it that you're not a fan of bikes, but a chunk of those are people that might have taken a cab ride, competing with your car for space. I'm all for capping ebike speeds (while Citibike agreed to lower them from 20 to 18mph in a deal with the city, the rest are still way too fast), but no matter how dangerous they are, more people in the city are killed by reckless drivers.
Here's the problem: the elite are the ones driving cars. The serfs are the ones riding bikes and taking Ubers. So you deride the changes made to benefit the serfs while also claiming class warfare. Your argument is incoherent.
It was also artificially and intentionally created by adding a massive amount of uber/tlc vehicles. Just stand on any block and watch the cars go by. 90% are not private passenger vehicles.
Before bike lanes and uber there was almost no congestion except for limited rush hours.
There are actually fewer vehicles on the road today than ever but it's an optical illusion of more for the reasons listed above.
This is just more long term political trickery just like the hudson yards project.
Walk around in London where this has been instituted and all you see are 100k+ vehicles on the road.
That's the end game. Serfs and the Elite. Emotional naivety prevents people from understanding this.