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Re:The War on Waze by barrkel on Thursday April 26, 2018 @02:44AM (#16929374)
People have a specific tolerance curve for commute time and traffic. With more and bigger roads, they gradually work and live further away (where land is cheaper and they can have a bigger house) until the traffic reaches the same critical point again.

Excess capacity induces demand, attracts it, by enabling people from further away to consume the capacity.

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Re:The War on Waze by humanrebar on Thursday April 26, 2018 @06:04AM (#16930478)
> until the traffic reaches the same critical point again

Right, but commutable land grows exponentially as roads are improved further from the city center. So, depending on what you value, it's a net win when a twenty minute commute gets you ten miles away instead of five.

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