Originally Posted by flyromeo3
FEMA works with local officals to evacuate the city. That I know.
and they are evacuating, correct? do you know what a city evacuation consists of? pretty much the mayor/governor says pack your shit and GTFO and everyone in the city packs their shit and commences to GTFO. as Kestrel said in an earlier post:
Originally Posted by Kestrel
It still wouldn't matter if you opened up both directions. You still have several million people trying to exit a city through several (probably 2 or 3) main arteries, none of which are designed to carry that amount of traffic. This isn't really anybody's fault, the simple physics of the situation make it the way it is.
Originally Posted by Kestrel
Actually, I would submit that it doesn't change your throughput at all. Eventually, the south bound highway lanes need to switch back to the correct direction since there will be opposing traffic as you move farther north, and then guess what, you have to merge the people going north on the southbound lane back to the northbound lane, causing a jam. Ultimately, your throughput is exactly the same as having just the northbound lane. Also, if you jam up both sides, emergency services can't go into the city either.
it's simple common sense dude