Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes people drive more (2015)

Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by marcosdumay on Friday December 28, 2018 @05:17PM (#18779916)

> It has _negative_ value, massively so, if it means people who used to have 10km commutes all move farther out and have 20km commutes instead but cheaper housing.

Is that because affordable houses are worthless?

So, instead of solving the housing crisis, city planners do nothing on the matter, but go and ration transportation too, so people... well, gain nothing because they will be the same time in traffic.

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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by CalRobert on Friday December 28, 2018 @06:23PM (#18780317)

Of course not - affordable homes are great. Building more homes near the places people need to be will help make them more affordable. But nobody ever got votes by campaigning to reduce home prices. Perhaps because you have to live in a place to vote for those governing said place.

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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by marcosdumay on Friday December 28, 2018 @09:43PM (#18781423)

Rationing transport does not solve that problem. It does nothing at all to solve it, just makes it worse.

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Re:Fundamental rule of traffic: building new roads makes peo... by CalRobert on Saturday December 29, 2018 @06:04AM (#18783084)

You can build homes near where oeople want to be, or farther. Or hope people emigrate or die. Which is better for transport?

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