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Jeff Bishop  <jwbishop@uclink4.berkeley.edu> wrote:
}John Hascall wrote:
}> Ron Newman <rnewman@shell1.cybercom.net> wrote:
}> }This is South Pasadena's decision.  Nobody should be forcing them
}> }to destroy their community for the benefit of others.
}> 
}>     Besides, there is plenty of history to show that such
}>     a freeway would be JUST as congested in short order.
}
}That part is a bit short on logic, I believe.  Perhaps you can explain
}how this works.  Are there a bunch of people around Pasadena who don't
}drive, but will start doing so every day during rush hour once they hear
}a new freeway is up?!

   The process is called "triple divergence/triple convergence".
   In the face of (unacceptable to them) congestion, motorists
   will diverge from their choosen "plan" in 3 ways:
       * Time shifting
       * Mode shifting
       * Route shifting
   When congestion is reduced (e.g., by turning a surface street
   into a freeway), the opposite occurs, these people reconverge
   (up until congestion reachs equilibrium again).

John
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