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From Vuchic's Transportation for Livable Cities, what does it take to move 15,000 people/hour using different modes of transport:
The remarkable thing is that the 7 lanes of freeway in each direction have zero extra capacity at that bandwidth, while the single track of rail rapid transit has, theoretically, at least another 66% to spare (see whole table).
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