{"id":270140523,"date":"2013-07-24T15:02:03","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T15:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=270140523"},"modified":"2013-07-24T15:02:03","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T15:02:03","slug":"the-remarkable-manner-in-which-new-roads-create-new-traffic-a-history-of-induced-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=270140523","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe remarkable manner in which new roads create new traffic\u201d: a history of induced demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; Sir Charles Bressey, 1937: \u201cremarkable manner in which new roads create new traffic.\u201d<br \/>\n[B&#8217; Spokes:  While we have such modern proofs that more roads cause more traffic delays such as Braess\u2019s paradox and the Downs\u2013Thomson paradox but what strikes me about this article is how long we have adopted the philosophy of \u201cBuilding more roads to prevent congestion is like a fat man loosening his belt to prevent obesity.\u201d<br \/>\nWhy 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&#8217;s about time we rethought our transportation goals to be less car centric.]<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com\/induceddemand\/\">https:\/\/www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com\/induceddemand\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; Sir Charles Bressey, 1937: \u201cremarkable manner in which new roads create new traffic.\u201d [B&#8217; Spokes: While we have such modern proofs that more roads cause more traffic delays such as Braess\u2019s paradox and the Downs\u2013Thomson paradox but what strikes me about this article is how long we have adopted the philosophy of \u201cBuilding more &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=270140523\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;\u201cThe remarkable manner in which new roads create new traffic\u201d: a history of induced demand&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-270140523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270140523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=270140523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270140523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=270140523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=270140523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=270140523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}