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Re: Pedestrians aren't the only ones who matter.

Posted by JerBear on Thu Jan 5 08:23:11 2017, in response to Re: Pedestrians aren't the only ones who matter., posted by BrooklynBus on Sun Jan 1 10:45:51 2017.

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And 'induced demand' was recognized throughout the second half of the 20th century. Build more lanes, more cars come. Later in the century they started recognizing the converse: eliminate lanes and cars magically disappear. Washington Square Park. Remember how the road advocates said that taking out the road through the park would cause traffic jams throughout the Village? Where did the cars go? West Side Highway. Embarcadero.
Give me an example of a new road that did not induce additional demand. Then give me an example where permanently eliminating a road (outside of a rural area where the nearest parallel alternative is 20 miles away) caused permanent congestion because the road no longer existed.

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