Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo...
by pbhjpbhj on Friday December 28, 2018 @03:42PM
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>The goal of more housing isn't to reduce rent prices //
A goal of house building is certainly to provide affordable housing. Unfortunately that goal isn't shared by the people with the money/land whose goal is usually just "make as much profit as possible". Those already profiting from rent are usually strictly opposed to the goal of affordable housing too.
But that doesn't mean that a substantial portion of society doesn't support it; the power to achieve it just doesn't lie with them.
Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo...
by closeparen on Friday December 28, 2018 @04:26PM
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Of course the power lies with them. Their activism is the primary impediment to actually-feasible projects getting built. All they have to do to yield a healthier supply/demand balance is stand down.
Building wider roads is a success if they move more people compared to a more narrow road. It doesn't matter if they stay congested even as you widen them. The goal of a wider road isn't to reduce congestion the goal is to move more people.
This same type of reasoning is used against constructing more housing because building more housing doesn't have an impact on rent prices while ignoring that every new apartment provides housing for a new person. The goal of more housing isn't to reduce rent prices, it's housing more people!