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That's a different argument. The grandparent wasn't making a general case for the net benefit of added lanes, they were addressing the narrow argument of "indu
by repsilat 4y ago
That's a different argument.
The grandparent wasn't making a general case for the net benefit of added lanes, they were addressing the narrow argument of "induced demand" somehow proving that improvements are futile. And for that purpose the analogy was pretty good.
- throwaheyy 4y agoMy point was that improvements ultimately are futile because there are practical limits on how wide you can make a highway.