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Prove this. Show me proof that not expanding an overburdened system provides relief to the current gridlock.
What is your solution? TO pray the traffic away? Do you take Metro? It's beyond woeful. It is NOT a viable solution. It is not a transportation system. It is a jobs program. It is not going to provide relief, it is not going to take many cars off the road. So what do you propose to deal with the CURRENT gridlock which is only going to get worse?[/quote]

DP but...

https://www.wired.com/2014/06/wuwt-traffic-induced-demand/

https://www.planetizen.com/news/2018/09/100480-induced-demand-explained

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2017/06/21/the-science-is-clear-more-highways-equals-more-traffic-why-are-dots-still-ignoring-it/

https://nacto.org/docs/usdg/induced_traffic_and_induced_demand_lee.pdf

https://www.vtpi.org/gentraf.pdf

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/762976/latest-evidence-on-induced-travel-demand-an-evidence-review.pdf

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3141/1659-09

I mean, there are hundreds, if not thousands of these studies.[/quote]

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