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Induced Demand & Roadway Widening: Everything You Always Wanted to Know (and Weren't Afraid to Ask)

Ray Delahanty | CityNerd

Induced Demand & Roadway Widening: Everything You Always Wanted to Know (and Weren't Afraid to Ask)

CityNerd Ray Delahanty explains induced demand and what happens when freeways are widened. He walks through the economics of supply and demand applied to traffic and asks how much new traffic appears and whether congestion returns.

HN commenters link it as a clearer explanation of induced demand for people who have not studied the topic.

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