There's always an academic market for making up excuses for failures of the modern system. Notice that there are massive traffic jams - "why don't they build more roads?" "We tried building one extra lane - doesn't help the traffic"
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Tbf the article also mentions congestion pricing, which is a great idea.
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Yes. If you want to get into the details what gets demonstrated by building roads and having all the capacity get used* is that demand at the given price (0) outstrips supply. *Think about how great that is - you built something that gets fully used and it's cast as a failure
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"We massively underprovide necessary infrastructure such that any increase in supply is immediately met by demand. This shows us that ACKSHUALLY we are creating that demand. Climate policy dictates that instead we pocket that money."
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We presented a starving man with a single saltine cracker and found that he devoured it and was more hungry afterward.
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There is also a question of whether the 10% trips were from original residents or new arrival - there could be a case for building roads and restricting immigration
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Why not make roads paid with dynamical prices (using location and time, uber-style) and let the market fix traffic jams?
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