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Transport: ideas and frameworks explained

A collection of ideas, frameworks and techniques related to Transport, explained clearly so they are easy to understand and share.

Congested equilibrium and how suppressed journeys and latent demand build-up means you can't build your way out of congestionCongested EquilibriumHump-Back Stations illustration: an above and below ground cross-section of an urban environment is shown, displaying the rise and fall of an underground transit tunnel as it approaches and departs a station platform - allowing gravity to play its part in slowing the train down, uphill as it comes into a station and accelerating it away, downhill on departure. Hump-back stationsPollution from idling cars exhaust - 150 balloons filled by the exhaust of an idling car in a minuteIdlingThe real shape of a crossing illustration: as cars and a cyclist stop at a red light for pedestrians to cross the road, we see that people on foot start crossing before they reach the designated crossing area that is typically perpendicular to the road. The real shape of a crossingStand diagonally on transport to brace yourself for forward-backwards and sideways jolts and avoid falling overStand diagonally on transportMicromort: 1 day of living, 20 miles by bike, 250 miles by carMicromort: The unit of deathBest travel choices in LondonPollution is highly localized—take the back streets. Showing a family in city traffic and family cycling in the back streetsPollution is highly localized: take the back streetsOur senses are built to take in information at human pace illustration showing more input as you go from cars and trains to bikes and walkingOur senses are built to take in information at human paceHow to get off at Russell Square

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