TLDR: SUVs cause traffic jams.
Actual study (full article): The rise of trucks and the fall of throughput by Yang Gao & David Levinson
TLDR: SUVs cause traffic jams.
Actual study (full article): The rise of trucks and the fall of throughput by Yang Gao & David Levinson
9 Comments
dan1101@lemm.ee · 17 pts · 1y
They also make accidents worse and the block vision of cars.
BossPaint@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
I’m not surprised
Magister@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Well, it depends, my Sonata, a 4 door sedan, is 16'1", while my Sorento, a SUV, is 15'9"
girthero@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
Yeah I think the article should differentiate large SUVs vs small ones. Many smaller SUVs are shorter in length than most midsized cars.
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Mostly because a lot of them are just compact cars with a lift kit.
fitjazz@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 1y
Yeah, my "SUV" and my wife's sedan take up almost exactly the same footprint.
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
Yeah, but so what? The goal is to get people onto transit not into smaller cars. And I say that as a tradesman who drives every day with my pickup truck full of tools.
If bigger vehicles make more traffic what does it matter? Line doesn't go up as fast?
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 3 pts · 1y
If you progressively make cars smaller and smaller, people will move to mass transit faster since it would be way more comfortable than cramming into a Hot Wheels car.
WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 1y
I’d rather be behind an SUV than a Tesla on autopilot.