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Do Your Buses Get Stuck in Traffic? (The Downs-Thomson Paradox)
Not Just Bikes
Not Just Bikes explains the Downs-Thomson paradox using Amsterdam and Toronto: road widening doesn't fix congestion, and buses stuck in traffic make transit slow. It argues for giving transit its own priority infrastructure.
HN points to it as a clear introduction to why widening roads fails and why transit-only lanes matter.
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