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Yes, traffic does expand to fill roadways if all you do is build roadways and population and car-ownership increases. One solution to traffic congestion is, yes
by mapleoin 8y ago
Yes, traffic does expand to fill roadways if all you do is build roadways and population and car-ownership increases. One solution to traffic congestion is, yes to provision more transit infrastructure, but that usually means subways and cycling paths in a city, a better train system in the countryside. Another solution is to redesign the city so that people don't need to move as much. Build vertically, encourage varied local businesses where people live, rather than in a mall outside town and relocate things that you don't need in a city centre (i.e. industry).
- closeparen 8y agoSatisfying more people’s desire for transportation is a good thing. Roads can be an inefficient way to do that, but it’s baffling how people talk about “extra” traffic like there’s no public value in enabling it.
- yayana 8y agoThe post you replied to explained why it shouldn't be baffling. Individual agents all optimize to the changes in factors offered by new roads leading to a non optimal society of people commuting hours to get to jobs and big box stores from "less expensive" housing before calculating commute costs and externalities.