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> Clearly, building more roads doesn't work There is a great video[1] by Wendover Productions about how to fix traffic, explaining exactly this effect. tl;dr:
by cleansy 8y ago
> Clearly, building more roads doesn't work
There is a great video[1] by Wendover Productions about how to fix traffic, explaining exactly this effect. tl;dr: The more road capacity you supply, the more traffic will come since potential demand will "always" outstrip supply.
[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4PW66_g6XA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4PW66_g6XA
- pfranz 8y agoCitizens care a lot about travel time (but not enough to live closer, move, or take another mode of transportation), cities and governments care about throughput (economic opportunity and growth). I think often they ignore each other. I'm also curious how those traffic issues apply to subways. I feel like I've seen similar problems where subways exceed capacity. I wonder if the cost/benefit or travel time/capacity is better or worse?
- ivionday 8y agoRelated: Jevons Paradox. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox