Strong Towns | 30 Days of Confessions: #22 Road Math is Garbage @strongtowns | Uploaded March 2022 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Welcome to our exclusive “30 Days of Confessions” Strong Towns video series, where Charles Marohn pulls back the curtain on the North American transportation system—everything that’s wrong with it, and how we can make it work better for everyone.

Here’s video #22, where Chuck is explains the absurd and overblown math that engineers use to justify their projects. Most of it is BS. Take a watch.

Transportation in America is getting worse, yet costing more. We have to do better. Read our new book "Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town" by Charles Marohn, to learn how: www.confessions.engineer