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Just one more lane (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 6 months ago by sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[-] Vrtrx@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

That's the whole thing about induced demand though: People want to get somewhere and believe it or not, not everyone does so by car. But if you decide to add more lanes it temporarily improves traffic leading to those people that didn't take a car in the past or lived somewhere else because they knew traffic would be horrible if they moved, to actually commute by car now / go forth with their plan to move, increasing the amount of traffic again until it's as bad if not even worse than before. Cars don't scale. Cars aren't for mass transport and shouldnt be used for that. A city with a highway like in the picture really needs a transit system/a better one and fever lanes

[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

See you are missing the point. The demand isn't induced, it was always there. They wanted to move and use thier car, but traffic was too bad. My complaint is with the BS argument that the extra lane caused demand to materialize out of no where. It was always there, just unserved.

[-] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago

They wanted to move and use thier car

Did they though? To some extent, yes. But most people just want to get places and will take whichever mode makes the most sense for that journey, and what a city invests in will make that mode make more sense for more journeys. There is also a portion of journeys that just won't happen if they are too difficult.

[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Distinction without a difference to the point. The demand was always there. It was never induced.

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