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

  • ziper1221 [none/use name,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Induced demand isn't real. That's like saying we shouldn't expand an emergency room that is consistently full because it would just still be busy after the expansion. If your goal is to get people where they want to go, it makes sense to expand transportation infrastructure.

    There are a lot of good arguments against car-centric infrastructure, but the induced demand one never made any sense.

    • cum_on_jack [any]
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      4 years ago

      your analogy to expanding an emergency room is terrible, for reasons that should be obvious

      hope the mods are happy for making me insult you

        • ziper1221 [none/use name,comrade/them]
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          4 years ago

          No, it is perfectly analogous. The question is if your objective is to get people where they are going (that is, treat more people) or to reduce traffic times (that is, reduce wait times in the er). You could demolish every freeway and it would solve the traffic problem in the same way that putting a strict quota on admittance to the ER would.

      • ziper1221 [none/use name,comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        So obvious that you can't even mention them? The question is if your objective is to get people where they are going (that is, treat more people) or to reduce traffic times (that is, reduce wait times in the er). You could demolish every freeway and it would solve the traffic problem in the same way that putting a strict quota on admittance to the ER would.