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Re:Building Bigger Roads Makes Traffic Worse by ams6110 on Monday June 30, 2014 @10:51PM (#7968943)
Very much so. New and bigger roads cause all kinds of associated growth. New businesses and home pop up because it's now practical to get to them in those locations. This increases demand for the roads, so they eventually become congested again. But not just because people like to go from place to place for no reason other than to go.
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Re:Building Bigger Roads Makes Traffic Worse by fleitz on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @02:34AM (#7969388)
It would seem then one way to spur economic growth would be to build more roads, transit, etc. Just as building faster internet spurs more internet companies.
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Re:Building Bigger Roads Makes Traffic Worse by Spooky23 on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @08:53AM (#7970314)
Been there, done that... it's called 1946-2006.
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