“The remarkable manner in which new roads create new traffic”: a history of induced demand

– Sir Charles Bressey, 1937: “remarkable manner in which new roads create new traffic.”
[B’ Spokes: While we have such modern proofs that more roads cause more traffic delays such as Braess’s paradox and the Downs–Thomson paradox but what strikes me about this article is how long we have adopted the philosophy of “Building more roads to prevent congestion is like a fat man loosening his belt to prevent obesity.”
Why am I sharing this? Think about it, Maryland just raised the gas tax to build more roads while miles traveled by automobile has leveled off and is on the decline. I think it’s about time we rethought our transportation goals to be less car centric.]
https://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/induceddemand/