If roads were 20x wider, 68% of LA County would be streets. Sure, turning two-thirds of a city into roads will cut down on traffic - but within realistic restr

If roads were 20x wider, 68% of LA County would be streets. Sure, turning two-thirds of a city into roads will cut down on traffic - but within realistic restraints on road construction, induced demand is real. (There are 140mi^2 of roads now[0], and 4,058mi^2 of land mass[1].) [0]: https://la.curbed.com/2015/11/30/9895842/how-much-parking-los-angeles https://la.curbed.com/2015/11/30/9895842/how-much-parking-lo... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California