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Just one more link road, bro.

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[–] pc486@sh.itjust.works 72 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I got curious and looked around for more info, thinking that usually it takes at least a few months for traffic patterns to settle in like this. Nope. This overpass opened yesterday.

But wait, there are even more familiar issues! Housing? Yep, lots of people were displaced. Which was also ignored during planning, so the project landed late (22 years in the making) and way over budget.

Furthermore, it's not like the civil planning experts in Mumbai didn't know any better.

Transport expert Ashok Datar voiced skepticism about long-term benefits. “There is a saying that instead of trying to cover the world with leather, one should wear leather shoes. SCLR’s extension is an attempt to cover the world in leather. All that is being done is that a congestion point is being pushed further ahead of the road. How many extensions will you do while ignoring easier and cheaper solutions like having dedicated bus corridors on Mumbai’s roads? That is a far cheaper option than building such roads,” Datar said.

Mumbai’s East–West road link realised after 2 decades with SCLR extension

[–] JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip 49 points 3 months ago (2 children)

instead of trying to cover the world with leather, one should wear leather shoes

I don't think I've heard that phrase before but I like it

[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

So instead of building more roads, we should use tires made of road?

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Vehicles bringing their own road ... their own track ... tracked vehicles if you will, why did nobody think of that!

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 points 3 months ago

Goddammit, the indians will love it ! get me alstrom on the phone right now

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In the same spirit it's like making the road using rubber instead of using rubber for tire

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

We do use rubber (from recycled tires!) to make roads.

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Same! It's a fun idiom.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I bet you some people got really rich off this though, won't you think of the poor billionaires?

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 52 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Just one more lane, bro, this one will fix the system for good, 100% guarantee, trust me bro, I'm ~~a lobbyist~~ a human.

[–] flango@lemmy.eco.br 12 points 3 months ago

4 is the charm

[–] unlawfulbooger@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 months ago

Just one more ~~lane~~ layer bro, trust me bro.

[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Tabula_stercore@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

First class with sunlight, shadow and black water below for the proletariat

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

All these liberals keep telling us that one more lane won’t work, so we stopped doing that. We just built more roads.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 21 points 3 months ago

Just one more entire extra highway bro, i promise this'll solve the problem

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Key is to get cars off the road. That’s all it takes. Give people a cheaper more convenient safer option than a car, then people will use it. Not rocket science.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 4 points 3 months ago

baby don't hurt me

[–] ebolapie@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

sarcasm
noun
sar·casm ˈsär-ˌka-zəm
Synonyms of sarcasm
1
: a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain
2
a
: a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual
b
: the use or language of sarcasm

Hope this helps <3

[–] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I had no idea.

What useful information! You learn something new every day.

Thank you so so so very extremely much! You have no idea how much that helped. Woaw!!

❤️

[–] ebolapie@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago

i agree, we need to build ramps that launch cars into the air

[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

obviously they should add a 4th layer, duh

and when that gets traffic jammed too, add a 5th! easy

what, public transit? uh, sweaty, do you not know how expensive and loud and ugly it would be???

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah, the Chongqing approach.

[–] destructdisc@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Except Chongqing has an excellent public transport network that's deeply integrated into the city

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes, it's quite good, but they still suffer from busses not having their own lanes/priority at lights and too many people driving cars.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

it's such a weirdly prevalent issue, having good rail transport but then shitting their pants when it comes to having good buses as well

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Networked buses where you can see where any bus is at any time in amap and baidu, and in some cities you can even see what color the stoplight are live, but they can't take that last step and put it all together.

[–] Aneb@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

If you just squeeze it in there! I think I see a spot in the park that can be bulldozed and paved into a new express lane! Progress yay!

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No, more layers are the answer!

As a minimum two tunnels and three above ground levels more.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] perishthethought@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago

Really solid. Thanks for this

[–] Niklast@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

They should have build a parking Garage. That would bei so much easier for standing cars in multiple layers

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 3 points 3 months ago
[–] drath@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Pretyy sure Chicago beat them to it

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Neat architecture. Would look better with a train on it.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] destructdisc@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

It's hard to see from the angle the photo was taken at, but if you look closely you'll notice the "lower" layer is actually a flyover on top of a third layer at street level