Found here: https://twitter.com/CarsRuinedCity/status/1677005785862406144?t=Xolo43mUk4GnegFQE19q3g&s=19

Caption: Photo collage of a beach in Alexandria, Egypt, showing a progression in 3 images:

  1. Alexandria “Problem” - empty beach + walking street + 6 lane road with medium traffic + dense mid-rise buildings (likely housing)
  2. Alexandria “Solution” - empty beach (doesn’t seem to matter) + narrower walkway or sidewalk + 10 lane brand new and empty road + tiny sidewalk + the same buildings
  3. Alexandria “Results” - crowded beach + crowded beach walkway + traffic jam on the 10 lane road
    • menturi@lemmy.mlEnglish
      17·
      1 year ago

      Completely agree, that’s something I noticed as well. Seems like an apples-to-oranges comparison.

        • mondoman712@lemmy.mlEnglish
          32·
          1 year ago

          I don’t think it really matters how busy it was before, because the road clearly didn’t solve the problem and now there’s just as much congestion as there could’ve been on a busy day before, but with more pollution.

            • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              Someone on here posted the picture of a toll road which again, functions very differently to a motorway, so the comparison is unfair