You can’t build your way out of traffic congestion, or can you?

“You can’t build your way out of congestion.” Tom Maziarz, chief of planning at the Connecticut DOT, told reporters in 2015.

When traffic-clogged highways are expanded, new drivers quickly materialize to fill them. What gives? Here’s how “induced demand” works.

Benjamin Schneider

https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/09/citylab-university-induced-demand/569455/?fbclid=IwAR0wFhmlDgsNJLNj9PbIhmWcYRbVEeIeZRTJMz1d_j4bezSxXVMLd3e74ao

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