Originally Posted by
FBinNY
Offered "without comment"...
If only more of the internet worked this way...especially social media.
(just kidding)
The author mentions "...standards can also replicate failure. Sometimes, that’s because codified “expert judgment” turns out to be wrong. But it can also be because standards embed value judgments in ways that are rarely examined."
This +100, and not just for traffic engineering, but urban planning in general.
The general anonymity afforded by large population centers, multiplied by the impersonality of concealing one's identity in an enclosed vehicle makes for selfish, thoughtless traffic participation, and anti-social civic behavior.
If people just thought more about how their behavior and actions affected others and how one could be more courteous towards others the world would be a more pleasant place. Of course, traffic would grind to a standstill; and that is what self-driving cars and autonomous vehicles will teach us in the coming decades.