This Tiny Island has Insane Traffic
What it is
Not Just Bikes looks at traffic in the Bahamas to show that a small country can be just as car-centric as a big one. He ties it to land use, car dependence and how dedicated transit lanes help.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Pointed to as a good rant on car-brained design and as evidence that country size is not what drives car dependence.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2023, last 2025
What HN commenters said
“Not Just Bikes did a great rant on the carbrain of The Bahamas”
Rant on car-brained Bahamas traffic
nayuki, 2025-02 · Recommendation · in “The Prophet of Parking: A eulogy for the great Donald Shoup”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: urban planning, bahamas, traffic, bus lanes, not just bikes
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