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Re:No traffic deaths in Helsinki for a year by cluckindan on Saturday August 02, 2025 @04:45PM (#44771293)
Proper design of road networks also makes traffic flow better. Many congested areas would actually benefit from removing some roads altogether.
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Re:No traffic deaths in Helsinki for a year by perching_aix on Saturday August 02, 2025 @04:56PM (#44771399)
I believe you're referring to Braess' Paradox, right? This was a very surprising effect for me to learn about, just recently Veritasium covered it in their video on a mechanism that becomes "shorter when you pull on it": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QTkPfq7w1A

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braess%27_paradox

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Re:No traffic deaths in Helsinki for a year by cluckindan on Saturday August 02, 2025 @05:22PM (#44771635)
Yes, I saw the same video! Having played Cities: Skylines, it was not that much of a surprise, more of a neat formal explanation.
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