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SilasX on Oct 1, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: How traffic actually works

"Yeah, so, it turns out that charging for something prevents its overuse."

'WOW! REALLY?'

sirsar on Oct 2, 2013 [–]

I think the point is the nonlinearity of speed as a function of the number of cars, i.e.,

"Charging for something reduced use by 20%, and overuse-related problems by 95%"

"WOW! Why don't more people do that?"

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