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"just one more lane bro" has never worked as a long-term solution in the history of ever.
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Exactly this post is just extremely uninformed - but since we're in "fuck cars" I'm assuming things don't have to actually be true to fly here. Just anti-cars.
I've yet to see a study where additional lanes reduced congestion long term (3+ years), yet there have been many studies proving more lanes cause induced demand, which increases congestion
When Malmö built the outer ring the congestion on the inner ring decreased substantially. This is common knowledge with the hundreds of thousands of people who live and drive cars here but you can at least find a sentence about it here as well: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yttre_Ringv%C3%A4gen
I'm guessing you 1) live in the US and 2) don't drive a car.
Build a new road is not equal to adding lanes to existing roads as the original meme implies.
If we are just limiting the scope to three years than I assume building another lane causes more congestion short term anyway. Construction of new lanes slows down speed limits due to construction laws and construction eventually has to shut down the lane over at some point.
I should have clarified 3+ years after construction is completed.
I should've realized that TBH.
Either way, the point is the same, more lanes do not help.
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