More Lanes are (Still) a Bad Thing

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Script by Nicole Conlan & Jason Slaughter

Thanks to Matthew Krol (Extra Credits), Chuck Marohn (Strong Towns), & Lane Man (Cities by Diana) for quotes

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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 Gri...  

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? T...  

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/...

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