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The other day somebody posted something saying how more lanes in a road will just cause more people to drive, so won't do anything to reduce traffic. I'd imagin
by lucaspiller 10y ago
The other day somebody posted something saying how more lanes in a road will just cause more people to drive, so won't do anything to reduce traffic. I'd imagine it works the same for parking and even in reverse.
- flukus 10y agoWere they talking about induced demand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand ?
- closeparen 10y ago>will just cause more people to drive They obviously preferred to do so (since they chose it), and maybe the new lane let some more people afford the house/commute-time pair they wanted. It's true that induced demand means aggregate travel times don't go down, but more people getting where they need to go in the same amount of time is a victory too.