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Which then gets people on the bus, easing the congestion. This is a well documented effect, where the opposite happens, adding more lanes increases traffic. htt
by TrinaryWorksToo 9y ago
Which then gets people on the bus, easing the congestion. This is a well documented effect, where the opposite happens, adding more lanes increases traffic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand#Reduced_demand_.28the_inverse_effect.29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand#Reduced_demand_...
- DrScump 9y agoa well documented effect Not really. Had the "road diet" actually resulted in a shift from cars to transit, the transit agencies would show a corresponding increase in their census and farebox return. They didn't.
- TrinaryWorksToo 9y agoOkay, you're right about the Wikipedia article not showing an increase in those statistics for mass transit. However, this paper does show a substitution effect for busses: http://clinlawell.dyson.cornell.edu/InTech_public_transit_chapter.pdf http://clinlawell.dyson.cornell.edu/InTech_public_transit_ch... However, there is an induced demand effect where because there are less cars, more people will drive. So in effect an extra lane appears, empty of the people riding the bus.