This is the widest freeway in the world in Houston. After the freeway was widened, traffic got even worse
https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/katy/news/article/Bragging-rights-or-embarrassment-Katy-Freeway-at-6261429.php
This is the widest freeway in the world in Houston. After the freeway was widened, traffic got even worse
https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/katy/news/article/Bragging-rights-or-embarrassment-Katy-Freeway-at-6261429.php
It's not really induced demand, it's pent up demand, the problem is that only trains are physically compact enough to alleviate the pent up demand. Each passenger takes up, what, 1000-2000 square feet? The wider road helped more people get places, but it's clearly run up against the upper limits of a highway.