More Lanes are (Still) a Bad Thing (Induced Demand)

Get 60% off Incogni: https://incogni.com/notjustbikes Script by Nicole Conlan & Jason Slaughter Thanks to Matthew Krol (Extra Credits), Chuck Marohn (Strong Towns), & Lane Man (Cities by Diana) for quotes --- References & Reading EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON INDUCED TRAFFIC https://link.springer.com/article/10.... What Is Induced Demand? https://www.planetizen.com/definition... Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse https://www.wired.com/2014/06/wuwt-tr... INDUCED TRAFFIC AND INDUCED DEMAND https://nacto.org/docs/usdg/induced_t... Highway 401 Expansion https://www.infrastructureontario.ca/... Induced Demand: An Urban Metropolitan Perspective https://escholarship.org/content/qt5p... Supply/Demand graph based on SilverStar (CC BY 2.5) https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... 405 Commutes Now a Minute Worse Than Before Carpool Lane https://la.curbed.com/2014/10/9/10036... Houston commute times quickly increasing https://www.click2houston.com/news/20... North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP) https://www.txdot.gov/nhhip.html With I-45 construction set to begin in 2024, many facets of the project remain uncertain https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news... Rethink35 Austin & Frogger https://rethink35.org/ https://onelinergames.com/games/i35fr... Lawsuit against TxDOT https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/fundraisi... Mr. Biden, Tear Down This Highway https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... Braess's paradox - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braess%... The Spring Paradox Steve Mould    • The Spring Paradox   Congestion Decreases When Cities ‘Delete’ Road Lanes https://cal.streetsblog.org/2022/05/1... Exploring traffic evaporation https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... Traffic Evaporation: What Really Happens When Road Space is Reallocated from Cars? https://thecityfix.com/blog/traffic-e... From Freeways to Waterways: What Los Angeles Can Learn From Seoul https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/depart... 청계고가, 밤 12시부터 전면 통제, 고가도로 철거 오는 10월 말까지 마무리 https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.d... Cheonggyecheon Stream Restoration Project https://www.landscapeperformance.org/... WSDOT VS. REALITY, Puget Sound traffic forecasts don't even pass the laugh test. https://www.sightline.org/2011/07/13/... Every traffic projection is wrong https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2021... Traffic Forecasts Ignoring Induced Demand: a Shaky Fundament for Cost-Benefit Analyses https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... Traffic volumes declined by 34 percent on SR 520 after deployment of pricing and electronic tolling. https://www.itskrs.its.dot.gov/its/be... Carmageddon Leaves Los Angeles in Gridlock With I-405 Closing    • Carmageddon Leaves Los Angeles in Gridlock...   Downs–Thomson paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downs%E... Do Your Buses Get Stuck in Traffic? Not Just Bikes    • Do Your Buses Get Stuck in Traffic? Traffi...   Effects of upgrading to cycle highways https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... Bikeability and the induced demand for cycling https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas... Build The Lanes (YouTube)    / @buildthelanes   NACTO Transit Street Design Guide https://nacto.org/publication/transit... How Arlington Is Avoiding D.C.’s Traffic Nightmare https://wamu.org/story/13/03/26/how_a... ARLINGTON TRAFFIC COUNT DATA https://www.arlingtonva.us/files/shar... How Oslo Achieved Zero Pedestrian and Bicycle Fatalities https://thecityfix.com/blog/how-oslo-... More road tolls set to cordon off Oslo https://www.newsinenglish.no/2017/06/... This video uses footage licensed by Getty Images