When Paris Closed a Major Road to Cars, Half Its Traffic Just Disappeared

People always fret about any sort of reduction in the space for cars and wonder, &quot;where will the cars go?&quot; This fails to recognize that transportation systems are about moving <i>people</i>, not cars.<p>If you reduce the incentive to travel by car, and provide transportation alternatives, people will make use of those alternatives. This is why cars so easily vanish.

When this happened in Bucharest, even though it only meant a 3 minute detour for drivers, many condemned it. I can&#x27;t figure these people out. It was great - ping pong, badminton, basketball, bicycles - hundreds of people were enjoying, yet many drivers saw nothing but absurdity in it.

Based upon the well established Braess&#x27; paradox theory, <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Braess&#x27;_paradox" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Braess&#x27;_paradox</a>