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In response to "there's a ton of research that shows that adding lanes to existing highways does nothing to alleviate traffic. the only good solution is mass transit" by colin

Induced demand. It happens with every road that gets widened. It won't alleviate traffic to add more lanes. Adding public transit that works well

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) Jan 19 '22, 10:23

is the best way to get people to drive less. A long and well connected bike infrastructure is a big help as well.

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our bike lanes they made a huge deal about here are now filled with dead leave, branches, trash, and then abruptly are just not there -- nm - colin Jan 19, 10:28 1
- *smh* That's basically as good as not having built them. They must be maintained just like the maintain the roads. NYC bought small plows so - Krusty Jan 19, 10:30

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