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Re:Motorists have been stranded on a major interstate in Vir... by animal_spirits on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @02:33PM (#29799039)
Correct, The Downs-Thomson paradox [1] is a known issue in urban planning stating basically unless you improve public transportation car congestion will continue to get worse.

> the equilibrium speed of car traffic on a road network is determined by the average door-to-door speed of equivalent journeys taken by public transport.

NotJustBikes has a good introduction to it [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downs%E2%80%93Thomson_paradox

[2] https://youtu.be/RQY6WGOoYis

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