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[-] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I’m trying to see the big improvement but it looks like there’s only a few minutes at best difference in drive time going on. What don’t I understand?

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Wait time is getting slashed across the board. An example: If in rush hour traffic, 8 minutes was added, but now it's 3 minutes, that's five minutes of car fumes and CO2 avoided, of more cars moving about, of goods being transferred. We're not shaving seconds, we're shaving literal minutes!

We're talking about hundreds of thousands of vehicles. This is New York with millions of people. People, businesses, all these things are affected. If you combine this with other data, you might better see the outcomes.

This isn't tiny incremental gains. From a economic/environmental/commerce standpoint, these are multipliers.

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