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re: Widening Highways Never Fixes Traffic. But Darnit, It Did in Texas
Posted on 4/25/16 at 1:34 pm to CoachChappy
Posted on 4/25/16 at 1:34 pm to CoachChappy
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Really? Why?
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More lanes often means more traffic because people like to go places, as long as the threat of bumper to bumper doesn’t dissuade them. Widening a highway may ease the pressure, but only until everyone learns of the quick, new route about town. Civil engineers liken traffic to a gas: It expands to fill the space provided. As civil engineer and sustainability advocate Charles Marohn so eloquently put it, “Trying to solve congestion by making roadways wider is like trying to solve obesity by buying bigger pants.”
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Posted on 4/25/16 at 1:37 pm to TigerRob20
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Trying to solve congestion by making roadways wider is like trying to solve obesity by buying bigger pants.”
Its funny because people are fat
Posted on 4/25/16 at 1:44 pm to TigerRob20
With that line of thinking, we need to cut all interstates back to one lane each direction. "Road diet" them, and all our problems will be solved. I'm off to buy some new pants with waistlines a couple of inches too small. Thanks for the insight!
This post was edited on 4/25/16 at 3:41 pm
Posted on 4/25/16 at 4:49 pm to TigerRob20
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Widening a highway may ease the pressure, but only until everyone learns of the quick, new route about town
Wouldn't it then relieve traffic somewhere else then?
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