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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by yason on Friday December 28, 2018 @04:24PM (#18779538)
People are given an opportunity to do something and then they do it.

If you don't put a price on it then people won't prioritise, and the demand becomes endless. And you can never have supply to meet an endless demand.

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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by sokoloff on Friday December 28, 2018 @04:55PM (#18779763)
It still costs $0.10-0.20 to drive a marginal mile, so the demand is far from unpriced/infinite.
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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by yason on Saturday December 29, 2018 @05:11AM (#18782934)
Driving miles anywhere costs the same. Compared to the annual cost of owning a car making an extra 15 mile trip is absolute peanuts. The problem occurs when 1000 people decide to make that very extra trip just because capacity makes it possible and it's otherwise free to use.
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