Thread by @BrentToderian

If your goal in building freeways & widening roads is to “solve congestion,” you’ll always fail. If your actual goal is to get more driving, & more sprawl, you’ll always succeed.
#induceddemand #LawOfCongestion

https://twitter.com/TODUrbanWORKS/status/1111993262594646016

Since I’m asked this CONSTANTLY, once & for all, if your city-region is REALLY concerned about “solving car congestion,” u need a combination of smart land-use, inviting walking/biking/transit infrastructure, & a pricing mechanism for driving high enough to get people to change.

“We found that there’s this perfect one-to-one relationship. If a city increased its road capacity by 10%, then the amount of driving in that city went up by 10%.” One of the best articles on why building bigger roads just leads to more driving. V/@WIRED wired.com/2014/06/wuwt-t…

Would everyone out there FINALLY understand the truth that building bigger roads WON’T SOLVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION if every one of you retweeted the tweets in this thread? I mean, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU? #InducedDemand #LawOfCongestion HT @jeffreytumlin

“It's well-demonstrated that you can't build your way out of traffic congestion by building roads — the more you build, the more people drive. As the saying goes, building more lanes to address congestion is like loosening your belt to address obesity.”

planetizen.com/node/53659

When you take away lanes of traffic, cars don’t just disappear like a magic trick. People behave rationally & make different decisions — IF other real choices exist. Trade space for cars with #multimodal space, & everyone moves better. HT @urbanthoughts11

This whole thread, on why building more car lanes won’t solve car congestion.