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Less crowded freeway moves MORE CARS than busy side

Less crowded freeway moves MORE CARS than busy side

Ramp meters protect the FLOW of the busy freeway

Ramp meters protect the FLOW of the busy freeway

The EXTRA STOPLIGHT on the freeway ramp

The EXTRA STOPLIGHT on the freeway ramp

Empty PARKING LOTS are an untapped GOLD MINE for cities!

Empty PARKING LOTS are an untapped GOLD MINE for cities!

Why do ON-RAMPS have STOPLIGHTS?

Why do ON-RAMPS have STOPLIGHTS?

Will this BABY BUS grow up to RESCUE mass transit? 🚌

Will this BABY BUS grow up to RESCUE mass transit? 🚌

LIVE in Portland: Light Rail and Light Rain 🌧️ 🚸

LIVE in Portland: Light Rail and Light Rain 🌧️ 🚸

LIVE in Paso Robles: Is it one SQUISHED or two SMOOSHED together?

LIVE in Paso Robles: Is it one SQUISHED or two SMOOSHED together?

Why modern ROAD SIGNS don't need LIGHTS anymore 💡

Why modern ROAD SIGNS don't need LIGHTS anymore 💡

Clicking "PRINT" makes a REAL STOP SIGN 🛑

Clicking "PRINT" makes a REAL STOP SIGN 🛑

Developer May Have Tricked the State of Arizona

Developer May Have Tricked the State of Arizona

Arizona Jams (... and Also Builds Freeways)

Arizona Jams (... and Also Builds Freeways)

Phoenix Built Loop 101 First

Phoenix Built Loop 101 First

Phoenix's Deck Park Tunnel

Phoenix's Deck Park Tunnel

Phoenix Boomed in the 1990s

Phoenix Boomed in the 1990s

Phoenix Passes First Freeway Sales Tax

Phoenix Passes First Freeway Sales Tax

Phoenix Freeways Couldn't Rely on Federal Money

Phoenix Freeways Couldn't Rely on Federal Money

Without a Sales Tax, Loop 101 Would've Taken 60 Years

Without a Sales Tax, Loop 101 Would've Taken 60 Years

Even Without Freeways, Phoenix Turned into Los Angeles

Even Without Freeways, Phoenix Turned into Los Angeles

No Freeways Meant Busy Arizona Streets

No Freeways Meant Busy Arizona Streets

How LETTING BIKES WIN makes DRIVING... faster? 🚲

How LETTING BIKES WIN makes DRIVING... faster? 🚲

Traffic in Phoenix Was Pretty Gruesome

Traffic in Phoenix Was Pretty Gruesome

Phoenix Needed to Act Like a Big City

Phoenix Needed to Act Like a Big City

They Voted to Kill Freeways

They Voted to Kill Freeways

The Arizona Republic Opposed Freeways

The Arizona Republic Opposed Freeways

LIVE in Las Vegas: Highway, Heat Island, and 115°... OH MY!

LIVE in Las Vegas: Highway, Heat Island, and 115°... OH MY!

We Don't Want More of That!

We Don't Want More of That!

Helicoil Interchanges Would've Been UGLY

Helicoil Interchanges Would've Been UGLY

Arizona Got Rural Freeways First

Arizona Got Rural Freeways First

I-17 Was One of America's First Interstates

I-17 Was One of America's First Interstates

Federal Government Pays 100 Dollars for Every 10 Dollars

Federal Government Pays 100 Dollars for Every 10 Dollars

Other Cities Had Huge Freeway Networks

Other Cities Had Huge Freeway Networks

Phoenix Had Just 2 and a Half Freeways

Phoenix Had Just 2 and a Half Freeways

Phoenix Built 190 Miles of Freeway

Phoenix Built 190 Miles of Freeway

Where Are Those Phoenix Freeways?

Where Are Those Phoenix Freeways?

Phoenix Traffic Could Be Worse

Phoenix Traffic Could Be Worse

Arizonans Lose 60 Hours to Traffic

Arizonans Lose 60 Hours to Traffic

Biggest Change Since 1981 for License Plates

Biggest Change Since 1981 for License Plates

Roads don't have to be FAT to be FAST 🏋️‍♂️

Roads don't have to be FAT to be FAST 🏋️‍♂️

Do more people ride LIGHT RAIL than BUS RAPID TRANSIT?

Do more people ride LIGHT RAIL than BUS RAPID TRANSIT?

Don't Forget to Maintain Your Bus Stations

Don't Forget to Maintain Your Bus Stations

Take Time to Grow into Transit

Take Time to Grow into Transit

Cheapness makes a community feel cheated

Cheapness makes a community feel cheated

Cheapness Disappoints Bus Riders

Cheapness Disappoints Bus Riders

Cheapness ruins your BUS RAPID TRANSIT

Cheapness ruins your BUS RAPID TRANSIT

Racing 🚘 a BUS RAPID TRANSIT 🚍 bus...

Racing 🚘 a BUS RAPID TRANSIT 🚍 bus...

Buses Move 35% Faster with Stoplight Priority

Buses Move 35% Faster with Stoplight Priority

Sell Bus Tickets🚍 Like Train Tickets🚊🎫

Sell Bus Tickets🚍 Like Train Tickets🚊🎫

Level Boarding Keeps Buses Moving

Level Boarding Keeps Buses Moving

Buses 🚌 Can Jump the Line 🚗🚗🚗

Buses 🚌 Can Jump the Line 🚗🚗🚗

"Bus-Only" Lanes 🚌 are a Tough Sell! 😡

"Bus-Only" Lanes 🚌 are a Tough Sell! 😡

Keeping Buses Out of Traffic Jams

Keeping Buses Out of Traffic Jams

A city can buy BUS RAPID TRANSIT 🚌 piece by piece

A city can buy BUS RAPID TRANSIT 🚌 piece by piece

Light Rail 🚉 Has an Expensive 💰 Shopping List

Light Rail 🚉 Has an Expensive 💰 Shopping List

Orange Line Proved Bus Rapid Transit Can Work

Orange Line Proved Bus Rapid Transit Can Work

Let's FIX the HIGH SCHOOL... with 152 ROUNDABOUTS!

Let's FIX the HIGH SCHOOL... with 152 ROUNDABOUTS!

Los Angeles Had a Ban on New Trains

Los Angeles Had a Ban on New Trains

Bus Rapid Transit in South America

Bus Rapid Transit in South America

The City 🏙 with Fake Trains🚈

The City 🏙 with Fake Trains🚈

A New Town🏡 with a New Transportation Idea🚍

A New Town🏡 with a New Transportation Idea🚍

Is LIGHT RAIL🚊 actually better than the BUS🚍?

Is LIGHT RAIL🚊 actually better than the BUS🚍?

Traffic engineers need to be like Eddie Van Halen

Traffic engineers need to be like Eddie Van Halen

LIVE in Utah: That's one UGLY road! (Part 2 of 2)

LIVE in Utah: That's one UGLY road! (Part 2 of 2)

LIVE in Utah: That's one UGLY road! (Part 1 of 2)

LIVE in Utah: That's one UGLY road! (Part 1 of 2)

If Money Is No Issue 💵, Build Light Rail 🚊

If Money Is No Issue 💵, Build Light Rail 🚊

BRT is Light Rail🚊on Rubber Tires

BRT is Light Rail🚊on Rubber Tires

Break the Old Bus Driver's Rule 🚌

Break the Old Bus Driver's Rule 🚌

This BUS 🚍 is just like a LIGHT RAIL 🚋 train!

This BUS 🚍 is just like a LIGHT RAIL 🚋 train!

Don't We Deserve Real 🚋 Transit?

Don't We Deserve Real 🚋 Transit?

And so, we're stuck with BUSES...

And so, we're stuck with BUSES...

Trains are Stupid Expensive 🚋=💰

Trains are Stupid Expensive 🚋=💰

Trains 🚈 versus 🚍 Buses

Trains 🚈 versus 🚍 Buses

Buses 🚍 Are Stinky 🗑 and Slow🐌?

Buses 🚍 Are Stinky 🗑 and Slow🐌?

🚦Not Just the Price of a Loop Detector

🚦Not Just the Price of a Loop Detector

🚦Cameras 🎦 Are Easier than Loops➰

🚦Cameras 🎦 Are Easier than Loops➰

🚦The Carbon Fiber Bike Problem🚴

🚦The Carbon Fiber Bike Problem🚴

Meet Minnesota’s $500-Million... 🚍 BUS???

Meet Minnesota’s $500-Million... 🚍 BUS???

🚦Detecting Bikes is Hard🚴

🚦Detecting Bikes is Hard🚴

🚦Stoplights Better at Seeing👀🚴 Bikes and Pedestrians🚸

🚦Stoplights Better at Seeing👀🚴 Bikes and Pedestrians🚸

🚦Cameras See Fog🌫👀 Better Than We Can

🚦Cameras See Fog🌫👀 Better Than We Can

🚦Huge Improvement in Cameras📷

🚦Huge Improvement in Cameras📷

🚦Mother Nature Hates Stoplights😎🌦

🚦Mother Nature Hates Stoplights😎🌦

Everybody thinks THIS SAYING is unique to their state...🌎

Everybody thinks THIS SAYING is unique to their state...🌎

🚦Video Processing Got Better🖥📷

🚦Video Processing Got Better🖥📷

🚦We Detected Everything But an Automobile🚘📷

🚦We Detected Everything But an Automobile🚘📷

What we DO KNOW about the I-695 bridge collapse...

What we DO KNOW about the I-695 bridge collapse...

🚦Cutting New Pavement🪚

🚦Cutting New Pavement🪚

🚦Construction Chews Up Loops🚜👷

🚦Construction Chews Up Loops🚜👷

🚦Loop Detectors are Superheroes➰🦸

🚦Loop Detectors are Superheroes➰🦸

🚦Induction Coil at a Stoplight💡➰

🚦Induction Coil at a Stoplight💡➰

🚦Loop Detectors at Stop Lights➰➰

🚦Loop Detectors at Stop Lights➰➰

Pneumatic Tubes to Count Cars

Pneumatic Tubes to Count Cars

First to Drive on the New Freeway Ramp

First to Drive on the New Freeway Ramp

History of Traffic Signal Detection

History of Traffic Signal Detection

Diverging Diamond Interchanges are Everywhere

Diverging Diamond Interchanges are Everywhere

Leading Pedestrian Interval - Great on One-Way Streets

Leading Pedestrian Interval - Great on One-Way Streets

Leading Pedestrian Interval - Requires a Traffic Study

Leading Pedestrian Interval - Requires a Traffic Study

Balancing Green Lights with a 'Door Bell'

Balancing Green Lights with a 'Door Bell'

3 ways the STOPLIGHT sees your car 🚘👀

3 ways the STOPLIGHT sees your car 🚘👀

Light Turns Green🚦— Just Like Magic 🪄

Light Turns Green🚦— Just Like Magic 🪄

This $100M bridge is made with WOOD and is TOTALLY HOLLOW

This $100M bridge is made with WOOD and is TOTALLY HOLLOW

Density Rules 🏠 = Expensive Houses 💰 + Traffic Jams 🚗🚗🚗

Density Rules 🏠 = Expensive Houses 💰 + Traffic Jams 🚗🚗🚗

Empty Lockdown Freeway

Empty Lockdown Freeway

Freeways Cost Serious Money

Freeways Cost Serious Money

Carpool Connector

Carpool Connector

Houston's BACKWARDS Bus

Houston's BACKWARDS Bus

Why We Widen Freeways

Why We Widen Freeways

Zoning Rules in Suburbs... LIMIT Supply ($$$)

Zoning Rules in Suburbs... LIMIT Supply ($$$)

Density Restrictions = Traffic Congestion?

Density Restrictions = Traffic Congestion?

Presentation to ITE SLS 2024 (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)

Presentation to ITE SLS 2024 (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)

Fair Housing Act of 1968

Fair Housing Act of 1968

Red Lining

Red Lining

End of the War = Housing Shortage

End of the War = Housing Shortage

City + Country = Suburb

City + Country = Suburb

"How the Other Half Lives" by Jacob Riis

"How the Other Half Lives" by Jacob Riis

Life in Tenements

Life in Tenements

Industrialization Meant Centralization

Industrialization Meant Centralization

Homestead Act Meant NO Commuting

Homestead Act Meant NO Commuting

Homestead Act Meant FREE LAND for Everyone!

Homestead Act Meant FREE LAND for Everyone!

This ANCIENT ELEVATOR makes you STOP on the FREEWAY

This ANCIENT ELEVATOR makes you STOP on the FREEWAY

Work from home = Trendy small towns?

Work from home = Trendy small towns?

Work from home = migration tsunami 🌊

Work from home = migration tsunami 🌊

Work from home = less CO2🌫, change in voting? ✔️

Work from home = less CO2🌫, change in voting? ✔️

Internet doesn't drive 65 MPH

Internet doesn't drive 65 MPH

Broadband customers per mile

Broadband customers per mile

Home internet is key for WFH

Home internet is key for WFH

Work from home = more or less SPRAWL?

Work from home = more or less SPRAWL?

Will we see more co-working spaces?

Will we see more co-working spaces?

Rent space for employees... in a different building?

Rent space for employees... in a different building?

Road Space for Essential Workers

Road Space for Essential Workers

Traffic During the Lockdown

Traffic During the Lockdown

Work From Home... saves money on Highway Widening?

Work From Home... saves money on Highway Widening?

Spend BILLIONS... so you can use different computer?

Spend BILLIONS... so you can use different computer?

Foolish to build FACTORIES under the FREEWAY? (It's LEGAL in California!)

Foolish to build FACTORIES under the FREEWAY? (It's LEGAL in California!)

Suburbs... then THIS happened...

Suburbs... then THIS happened...

Gas is Taxed Less than Candy?

Gas is Taxed Less than Candy?

Sticker Beats Out a 386 PC

Sticker Beats Out a 386 PC

Stickers are Less Ugly than Toll Passes

Stickers are Less Ugly than Toll Passes

License Plate Curtains are Not Legal

License Plate Curtains are Not Legal

Toll Transponders Why Even Bother with Toll Passes

Toll Transponders Why Even Bother with Toll Passes

Road Potholes ... but with FOOD

Road Potholes ... but with FOOD

Pay Tolls with a Sticker

Pay Tolls with a Sticker

California only has *70 DAYS LEFT* left to FIX I-10 🔥

California only has 70 DAYS LEFT left to FIX I-10 🔥

Toll Passes Rarely Work in Other States

Toll Passes Rarely Work in Other States

LIVE in Las Vegas: How Firetrucks Cross a Hot Racetrack

LIVE in Las Vegas: How Firetrucks Cross a Hot Racetrack

Electronic Toll Collection Gantry

Electronic Toll Collection Gantry

AT&T Predicted Electronic Tolls

AT&T Predicted Electronic Tolls

Tunnel for Toll Booth Staff #highways #tollroad #orangecounty

Tunnel for Toll Booth Staff #highways #tollroad #orangecounty

Cash Tolling = Crash Tolling? #highways #tollroad #safetydriving

Cash Tolling = Crash Tolling? #highways #tollroad #safetydriving

Toll Passes are Not Compatible #freeways #tollroad #orangecounty

Toll Passes are Not Compatible #freeways #tollroad #orangecounty

Toll Booths are Dangerous #freeways #tollroad #orangecounty

Toll Booths are Dangerous #freeways #tollroad #orangecounty

SR-99 Tunnel

SR-99 Tunnel

Time to Replace the Viaduct

Time to Replace the Viaduct

Seattle 2001

Seattle 2001

Mandella Parkway

Mandella Parkway

Replacing the Nimitz Freeway

Replacing the Nimitz Freeway

Bents at an Angle

Bents at an Angle

San Francisco Removed the Freeway Viaducts

San Francisco Removed the Freeway Viaducts

Soil Matters

Soil Matters

Earthquake Drought

Earthquake Drought

Freeways Should Flex

Freeways Should Flex

Caltrans Nimitz 1950s #2

Caltrans Nimitz 1950s #2

Caltrans Nimitz 1950s #1

Caltrans Nimitz 1950s #1

How the 1989 World Series saved lives!

How the 1989 World Series saved lives!

Collapse of a Freeway

Collapse of a Freeway

Pedestrian Safety: We Just ERASED 40 Years of Progress

Pedestrian Safety: We Just ERASED 40 Years of Progress

A.I. Addict's Jon Bernal keeps posting videos (even if it upsets Tesla)

A.I. Addict's Jon Bernal keeps posting videos (even if it upsets Tesla)

Nimitz Freeway Collapse

Nimitz Freeway Collapse

Disaster Strikes

Disaster Strikes

Beltways of Houston

Beltways of Houston

Texas Feeder Road Problem

Texas Feeder Road Problem

Austin Toll Trouble

Austin Toll Trouble

Texas Tolling Trick

Texas Tolling Trick

LIVE in Chicago: The Secret Lower, Lower Wacker Drive

LIVE in Chicago: The Secret Lower, Lower Wacker Drive

No Sidewalks in Texas

No Sidewalks in Texas

No Freeway Fences in Texas

No Freeway Fences in Texas

Texas Loves Trucks

Texas Loves Trucks

Scary Two Way Frontage Road

Scary Two Way Frontage Road

Texas Feeder Roads

Texas Feeder Roads

Texas Feeder Road Hack

Texas Feeder Road Hack

Dallas vs Los Angeles Freeways

Dallas vs Los Angeles Freeways

Stupid Sideways Signals

Stupid Sideways Signals

LIVE in OKC: Why They Demolished Interstate 40

LIVE in OKC: Why They Demolished Interstate 40

Dallas is like 1970s Los Angeles

Dallas is like 1970s Los Angeles

California RUNS OUT of LICENSE PLATES soon!

California RUNS OUT of LICENSE PLATES soon!

Texas is One Heckuva Place

Texas is One Heckuva Place

Road Reflectors + ❄🌨 = 😥

Road Reflectors + ❄🌨 = 😥

The GLOWING ones are NOT going away...

The GLOWING ones are NOT going away...

"OREO COOKIE" replacing those BUMPS on the freeway?

"OREO COOKIE" replacing those BUMPS on the freeway?

Freeways stopped being PRETTY (And that's a shame!)

Freeways stopped being PRETTY (And that's a shame!)

It's DANGEROUS to glue down those freeway bumps!

It's DANGEROUS to glue down those freeway bumps!

Not Worth Putting Down Anymore?

Not Worth Putting Down Anymore?

End of an era for California freeway BUMPS!

End of an era for California freeway BUMPS!

When you drive over those BUMPS on the freeway...

When you drive over those BUMPS on the freeway...

Little BUMPS can make a big difference!

Little BUMPS can make a big difference!

How many MILLIONS of these were made?

How many MILLIONS of these were made?

Can you imagine these NAILED onto the freeway?

Can you imagine these NAILED onto the freeway?

Elbert Botts made a BUMPY invention!

Elbert Botts made a BUMPY invention!

But HOW can I-95 re-open... in under TWO WEEKS?

But HOW can I-95 re-open... in under TWO WEEKS?

Botts Dotts are... Trippy?

Botts Dotts are... Trippy?