Benjamin Ross on Nostr: USDOT says it! Widening highways & building new ones does not reduce traffic ...
USDOT says it! Widening highways & building new ones does not reduce traffic congestion.
New USDOT report says that the "best practice" for traffic modeling is to assume that, in a city or suburb, the amount of traffic on an area's highways increases in exact proportion to an increase in lane-miles of highway.
Report was issued one week ago without fanfare by the USDOT climate office.
https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2024-12/Improved%20Travel%20Demand%20Modeling%20-%20Climate%20Strategies%20that%20Work.pdf
New USDOT report says that the "best practice" for traffic modeling is to assume that, in a city or suburb, the amount of traffic on an area's highways increases in exact proportion to an increase in lane-miles of highway.
Report was issued one week ago without fanfare by the USDOT climate office.
https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2024-12/Improved%20Travel%20Demand%20Modeling%20-%20Climate%20Strategies%20that%20Work.pdf