Elon Musk hates 405 Freeway traffic, offers money to speed widening(latimes.com)

5 pointsby mynd13 ปีที่แล้ว3 comments

Elon Musk hates 405 Freeway traffic, offers money to speed widening

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-elon-musk-405-freeway-20130425,0,7423915.story

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lutusp13 ปีที่แล้ว

As it turns out, some road improvement projects change the pattern of route usage in a way that they paradoxically make the situation worse. It's called "Braess's paradox" and it stems from analysis of network topology and Nash equilibria:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braesss_paradox

Also, a typical road improvement project costs between one and five million dollars per mile. Based on the mean value, Musk's $50K contribution would add capacity to 106 feed of roadway.

Nice gesture, though.

loceng13 ปีที่แล้ว

I imagine the gesture was meant as a way to perhaps incite others to put additional of their own funds into it (outside of the taxes they hopefully pay).

lutusp13 ปีที่แล้ว

I think Musk's involvement will be beneficial more because of his name and his reputation for getting things done, than by way of his contribution.