This completely goes against the point the article is making. The premise that building more roads creates more congestion. Road diets enable modal shift. Oslo

This completely goes against the point the article is making. The premise that building more roads creates more congestion. Road diets enable modal shift. Oslo and Berlin are planning to ban the car from the city centre. It is about recognising that the car is a very bad form of transport for cities. It also has severe negative health effects on the population. Your argument feels like a smoker trying to justify why they should be allowed to smoke wherever they like.