@enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy#InducedDemand of widening bikeways and building fast convenient transit lines: yes it creates bike traffic, transit ridership, trips nobody planned to take before... and those are good things. But widening freeways is bad because everybody hates car traffic, especially drivers. Removing car […]
@enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gyYou don't need a lot of bike lanes if you simply #BanCars a little. Ghent used a few dozen #bollards and #modalFilters to block car traffic from #ratRunning and dominating neighborhood streets. #inducedDemand #FuckCars
@robertgrandt.bsky.socialHold nu kæft det er da dumt! 🙃
Man flytter i bedste fald blot flaskehalse lidt længere ned ad vejen.
#JevonsParadox og #InducedDemand kommer til fuldt skue.
Asfalt og bilindustrien jubler.
#dktrp #dkgreen #dkpol #dktrafik
@enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy@pedantic.bike traffic evaporation aka #inducedDemand: removing lanes or thruways will eliminate some car trips. When it happens suddenly, you'll often have a mess of surprised drivers, but not so much if it was planned and announced ahead of time. Optional trips change and mode choices shift […]
@enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy> spends more on the
> lights for roads and highways
> than #transit
🙃 funneling #ClimateAction and #VisionZero funds into LED retrofits. Lighting up the status-quo of too much roadway space having been built for cars, without actually changing that fundamental problem. #InducedDemand
(Are […]
@enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gyThe thing about #InducedDemand is that it's a simple knob you can turn up or down for any #transportation mode you choose. We usually see freeway widening and congestion, because that's what the automakers and roadbuilders want and Big Bike + Big Bus lobbies don't have the money to buy elected […]
@enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gyImagine if we spent billions on transit operations instead of a futile attempt to repair the damage caused by car traffic or the impossible "take another run at #InducedDemand, which remains undefeated" to reduce delay by building more car lanes
@enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gyjust one more lane bro #InducedDemand #FuckCars #geometryHatesCars #CarsRuinCities
@enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy#NoMoreFreeways #InducedDemand goes both ways, the phenomenon remains undefeated 🎉 despite the wishful thinking of #ODOTGTFOpdx's #trafficEngineers
> Where's my Carmaggedon, Day 4.
@enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy"shoehorning" is not the right way to describe a stroad with five (5) car lanes plus subpar bike/walk infrastructure (at 9min) #transportation #CarSupremacy #climateDenial #trafficEngineering #inducedDemand
@tinybeaches.bsky.socialOptimizing traffic light synchronization for rush hour can provide short term relief, but just like building another lane, people figure it out, and more start driving until you are back at the same congestion level again.🤷♂️
#InducedDemand
@toderianuw.bsky.socialCan you fix traffic congestion by building more and wider roads? Of course not, but we keep wasting a TON of public money trying and failing.
Building car dependency fails everyone, including drivers.
Watch one of MANY interviews @brenttoderian.bsky.social has done on this. #InducedDemand