EquivalentBarracuda4
EquivalentBarracuda4 t1_j8a7v5a wrote
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Please read how induced demand works. There are plenty of videos on YouTube about this topic. Adding more lanes, bridges, etc solves traffic only on the near term. In the long term it will never work.
Ask yourself: how come that we still have traffic with those fancy multi lane highways? How come adding more lanes did not solve the traffic?
EquivalentBarracuda4 t1_j88zw7y wrote
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Have you heard about the term “induced demand”?
Less traffic -> motivates new development -> more population -> more traffic.
EquivalentBarracuda4 t1_j88yj84 wrote
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Have you ever used light rail service?
EquivalentBarracuda4 t1_j8a8can wrote
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This one for example: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PB_9Va0fx_o
3 minute video that explains why adding more capacity never solves the problem.