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The end goal of adding lanes to a freeway shouldn't be to "reduce congestion" but increase total throughput. Seems like a pretty basic misunderstanding. Adding
by donatj 5y ago
The end goal of adding lanes to a freeway shouldn't be to "reduce congestion" but increase total throughput. Seems like a pretty basic misunderstanding.
Adding lanes also has the effect of more lane changes, which are a big part of what slows traffic down to begin with.
- forgetfulness 5y agoIf we're going to put it in computery terms, latency matters. People want decreased latency for themselves, not just to be in the company of more people sitting in the same traffic jam.