No, this canard gets raised in every traffic thread. The real reason why “induced demand” exists is because roads in urban areas are usually so under built tha

No, this canard gets raised in every traffic thread. The real reason why “induced demand” exists is because roads in urban areas are usually so under built that any reasonably good road is crushed by extra users once it is built. If governments actually kept sufficient roads available then there would not be induced demand. Alternatively, the government should charge all road users a sufficiently high toll to keep the roads moving.