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Roadscapes Wednesday: More Highways Won’t Fix Traffic

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Welcome to the Roadscapes Wednesday segment! Each week here on Geek Alabama, Roadscapes Wednesday will feature roads and infrastructure related topics. Geek Alabama Editor / Publisher Nathan Young is often called the “road geek” for a good reason, Nathan loves roads and loves talking about roads!

Building more highways makes traffic worse by inducing people to drive. However, building public transit or bicycle lanes will induce people to use those as well. Given the inherent disadvantages of cars, we can choose which kind of demand we want to induce. The only solution to traffic is viable alternatives to driving.

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