05-09-2017, 04:13 PM
To put some context on my point. If we say the extra detour (avoiding the two shorter routes available) requires an extra million km to be driven (which seems reasonable?) then using CRA numbers we're looking at a rough cost of half a million dollars in extra costs put on the people that have to take this detour. And that's just driving related costs that says nothing of their time or related costs to the economy.
But because nobody sees these costs and the majority of us don't have to bear them, people making decisions don't actually care.
But because nobody sees these costs and the majority of us don't have to bear them, people making decisions don't actually care.