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"To solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic, roads must go 3D" This is not very convincing. Solving congestion by building more roads isn't exactly a new
by praptak 9y ago
"To solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic, roads must go 3D"
This is not very convincing. Solving congestion by building more roads isn't exactly a new idea. Its track record isn't that glorious either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand
Not to sound too negative but how about some evidence on why it will work this time?
- pjscott 9y agoThe induced demand argument applies to marginal increases in capacity on already-congested roads. If you make enough extra capacity, eventually you run into limits in how much demand can be created. For example, if you check out the city streets at 3 AM, you'll typically find that there's a lot more capacity than people are using. These guys are quite ambitious in the scale of the tunneling they want to do.