Originally Posted by
genec
Nice analysis... now tell it to the motorists that feel they should be able to "zoom zoom" everywhere.
Clearly the problem is not a transportation issue... peds, cyclists and those using mass transit are getting about just fine... the "issues" are largely single passenger automobiles, taking up the room of a half dozen cyclists or 20 or so peds, and being used to transport 1 or 2 people... while designed for 55MPH motorways.
That 8.9 MPH reminds me of the "human speeds" demonstrated in that classic San Francisco youtube video... where people, street cars, horse drawn carriages and automobiles all mix freely on the streets...
One of the best kept secrets is that the introduction of the automobile did not increase travel speeds in cities. There were 19th century traffic studies in NYC. The horse and buggy was a bit faster. However, the Post takes in a lot of automobile related advertising.