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"The simple fact is that decades of scientific evidence show us that when we add capacity to a freeway, new car trips actually use up that capacity within a few years, and therefore the freeway doesn't get less congested for existing riders."

If this doctrine were true, why is I-87 in Westchester County N.Y. generally so un-congested?

Why on the converse, is I-495 in Long Island N.Y. generally congested?

Doctrine is a very poor substitute for considerations of variables as land use patterns, densities and numbers and placements of interchanges (plus alternatives).

by Douglas Willinger on Oct 26, 2008 4:08 pm • link • report

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