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Progress: the Katy Freeway in Houston, Texas, spans across 26 lanes making it the worlds widest. The freeway is broken down in to 12 main lanes (six in each direction), eight feeder lanes. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Los Angeles also has a higher population than 50% of the countries on the planet.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

An anecdote fully lacking in relevance on account of there being larger cities than Los Angeles which do not at all have the same problems efficiently moving their populations where they need to go.

It's all about the transportation infrastructure.

[–] _stranger_ 1 points 4 months ago

Los Angeles Metro Rail has 26 million annual riders with a population of 18 million, so it's not like it doesn't exist.