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Congestion in cities: Can road capacity expansions provide a solution?

1 pointsby chizhik-pyzhikalmost 2 years ago

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m0oncakealmost 2 years ago
As mentioned in the linked study I&#x27;ve always had the understanding that increasing road capacity doesn&#x27;t do anything for congestion because more people start driving. There are many others that come to the a similar conclusion you can see below:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thecgo.org&#x2F;research&#x2F;does-expanding-highway-capacity-solve-urban-congestion-problems&#x2F;" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thecgo.org&#x2F;research&#x2F;does-expanding-highway-capac...</a> <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;escholarship.org&#x2F;uc&#x2F;item&#x2F;58x8436d" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;escholarship.org&#x2F;uc&#x2F;item&#x2F;58x8436d</a> <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.researchgate.net&#x2F;figure&#x2F;How-Road-Capacity-Expansion-Generates-Traffic_fig1_235360397" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.researchgate.net&#x2F;figure&#x2F;How-Road-Capacity-Expans...</a> <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.smartertransport.uk&#x2F;does-building-more-roads-reduce-congestion&#x2F;" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.smartertransport.uk&#x2F;does-building-more-roads-red...</a> <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wired.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;06&#x2F;wuwt-traffic-induced-demand&#x2F;" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wired.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;06&#x2F;wuwt-traffic-induced-demand&#x2F;</a><p>The real question is who even wants to be driving in a city? It seems like one of the most stressful experiences possible. More places need to build public transport infrastructure that actually works rather than building even more roads...