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In article <326C83D0.4C4D@uclink4.berkeley.edu>,
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.

Easily.  It's basic economics.  When you lower the cost of something, more
people will buy it.  When the 710-210 connection reduces congestion 
on other freeways, as it surely will, more people will use them.  When there
is a direct route between Pasadena and Long Beach, more people will go 
between those two places.  People stop consuming when the price gets too high.
Congestion will stop increasing when the freeway is saturated.  You can try
to poke holes in this (what if there were only one freeway?  what if there
were an infinite number of freeways?) but in practice and in theory, this is
what happens.
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