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> rationing scarce goods Transportation should never be a scarce good. If induced demand highlights cracks in our transportation infrastructure, our job is no
by maxsilver 8y ago
> rationing scarce goods
Transportation should never be a scarce good. If induced demand highlights cracks in our transportation infrastructure, our job is not limit that use but to fix it through increased capacity.
- saint_fiasco 8y agoIncreasing capacity might distort the market for other stuff besides transportation. For example it might cause a company that was going to open an office in a neighboring city to open the office in Paris instead.
- st1ck 8y agoSo the neighboring city should make it free too?
- saint_fiasco 8y agoIf they all can afford it, sure. If they can't afford it they end up with overcrowded buses and then people who don't want to wait a long time for a bus that isn't full have to buy cars instead, and traffic gets worse for everyone.