Comments on: A Ramp All the Way http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/03/17/a-ramp-all-the-way/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 23 May 2012 13:57:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Peter Warnock http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/03/17/a-ramp-all-the-way/#comment-11749 Peter Warnock Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:04:48 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1424#comment-11749 On networks like the Internet, data travels through switches. Before switches, we had hubs--data would collide and have to be resent. Technology allows us to test models far faster and cheaper. It makes sense that freeways systems should mimic optimised networks. On networks like the Internet, data travels through switches. Before switches, we had hubs–data would collide and have to be resent.

Technology allows us to test models far faster and cheaper. It makes sense that freeways systems should mimic optimised networks.

]]> By: Josh R http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/03/17/a-ramp-all-the-way/#comment-11683 Josh R Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:38:13 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1424#comment-11683 I'm in the twin cities and remember when they did this test. Every blowhard on the local paper's website claimed that things were better without the metering, which only proves two things. 1. The plural of anecdote is not data. 2. People seem to prefer the illusion of progress, ie being stuck in slow & go traffic, to actual progress, ie waiting for a bit to get on the freeway, then having a faster commute. I’m in the twin cities and remember when they did this test. Every blowhard on the local paper’s website claimed that things were better without the metering, which only proves two things.

1. The plural of anecdote is not data.

2. People seem to prefer the illusion of progress, ie being stuck in slow & go traffic, to actual progress, ie waiting for a bit to get on the freeway, then having a faster commute.

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