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Re:The Dutch Reach: Clever Workaround to Keep Cyclists from ... by lucaspiller on Monday October 10, 2016 @12:56AM (#12675121)
The other day somebody posted something saying how more lanes in a road will just cause more people to drive, so won't do anything to reduce traffic. I'd imagine it works the same for parking and even in reverse.
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Re:The Dutch Reach: Clever Workaround to Keep Cyclists from ... by flukus on Monday October 10, 2016 @12:59AM (#12675129)
Were they talking about induced demand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand ?
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Re:The Dutch Reach: Clever Workaround to Keep Cyclists from ... by closeparen on Monday October 10, 2016 @03:32AM (#12675626)
>will just cause more people to drive

They obviously preferred to do so (since they chose it), and maybe the new lane let some more people afford the house/commute-time pair they wanted.

It's true that induced demand means aggregate travel times don't go down, but more people getting where they need to go in the same amount of time is a victory too.

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