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Traffic doesn’t work like that. You seem to have a mental model where traffic is modeled like a liquid (traffic has a definite volume and does not expand to fil
by 0xB31B1B 7y ago
Traffic doesn’t work like that. You seem to have a mental model where traffic is modeled like a liquid (traffic has a definite volume and does not expand to fill its container) while many studies show traffic behaves more like a gas (traffic expands to fill its container). Basically, more lanes doesn’t mean less traffic, it generally means the same amount of traffic.
- rrix2 7y agoThis is a really good analogy that i haven't come across before. thanks
- Aloha 7y agoTraffic is a liquid in the short term, but becomes like a gas in the long term as the larger container caused routings to change.
- someguydave 7y agoThat research is wrong. http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=9781 http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=9781 https://www.cato.org/blog/debunking-induced-demand-myth https://www.cato.org/blog/debunking-induced-demand-myth http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=5583 http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=5583