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[โ€“] ChilledPeppers@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Um acttschually, we knew about induced demand as early as 1920, but the government just doesn't care about science. (It used to be called traffic generation)

[โ€“] psud@aussie.zone 4 points 11 months ago

Part of it is that the organisations that design and build roads are also the ones who assess whether a road is needed. No big surprise that they "forget" about induced demand