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TL;DR

Place multiple parallel lanes of belts while running.

What ?

Simple idea really. When holding a piece of conveyor belt, press [+] to add another parallel lane, and [-] to decrease one.

Why ?

This would make placing multi-laned buses longer distances much more tolerable.
I actually got this idea from the landfill item which can be increased in area with the same buttons... maybe this could be achievable as well?

Seems to duplicate blueprints.

fiery_salmon wrote:Seems to duplicate blueprints.

Not really. This would be most useful in early game when no bots are in sight, and even then this would be faster. Or at least more convienient, seeing just how much belts will be placed down in the game.