OmniNerd - Articles: Beating Traffic
Brandon U. Hansen tries to figure out if he can get to work faster - beating traffic.
The world is full of traffic and people who hate it. This article analyzes a year of data to determine if minor tweaks to departure times can significantly impact commute length - or if it is all out of the driver’s control.
Well, duh. Of course it does. But who’s going to go to work at 11:00 and return home at 19:00?
Anyways, looking at his opening figures is weird, because he says that driving to work soaks up 100 hours a year, and involves 15,000 miles - which implies an average velocity of 150mph. Even if he forgot the trip home, you’re looking at 75mph (120kph), which is unlikely unless your cousin is a cop or you live right on top of an Autobahn. Perhaps they’re driving to work in a rocket tractor - which I always thought was one of these, with one of these attached - but it seems most of the net thinks they’re one of these, and that would never work!