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		presentation on May 8, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Road resurfacing during the daytime without stoppi... Induced demand is a thing, build more roads get more traffic. Roads are physically incapable of scaling to demand.

Vaslo on May 8, 2024 [–]

Imagine not building something because there will be more demand. I don’t care if they never scale to 100% demand, every additional mile of lane helps.

mitthrowaway2 on May 9, 2024 | [–]

If you paved the entire surface area of the country and it was still jammed with traffic, would you still believe that philosophy?

What you want is a train.

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