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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by village-idiot on Friday December 28, 2018 @04:17PM (#18779487)
People will also adjust their housing and working decisions based on road availability, although the lag here is a little long.
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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by closeparen on Friday December 28, 2018 @05:27PM (#18779989)
If the center is already built and occupied to its legal limit, you can't get a population-level change from this.
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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by village-idiot on Friday December 28, 2018 @07:41PM (#18780783)
But people will move to the periphery and commute farther, or change where their job is.
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