In many places, overwhelming evidence regarding vaccines, climate science and other subjects is widely ridiculed. However, in Greater Victoria most people accept the value of evidence-based decision making.
Most people here already understand B次元官网网址榠nduced trafficB次元官网网址� B次元官网网址� that adding more lanes to highways and roads leads to more traffic, congestion and greenhouse gas pollution.
Now, with 24/7 bus lanes proposed on McKenzie, it is time to accept that reallocating road space to bus lanes results in B次元官网网址榯raffic evaporation.B次元官网网址� People choose to ride public transit instead of driving when transit gets priority. The same happens with protected bike and roll lanes. Traffic evaporation is a widely accepted part of climate action science.
One well-designed bus lane can move as many people as five lanes of cars. Reallocating road space to bus lanes greatly increases road capacity, and travel time for cars and trucks usually stays about the same (and sometimes even improves).
Saanich council should follow the evidence and create bus lanes on McKenzie quickly, and push hard for more and bigger buses to UVic.
Eric Doherty
Victoria
