Re: On The Road To Smart Growth: Article: LA Freeway Fix-Up Won't Do

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From: jon winston
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 22:14

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Don Hagstrom wrote:
> 
> In article <3B0949AA.E6B2A26A@ix.netcom.com>, Marty Bernard says...
> >
> >Remember when they took down the Central Freeway in S.F.  Caltrans expected
> >major congestion problems but none happened!
> 
> Yeah.  Don't think that all those people just magically jumped on transit.  No
> matter what they tell you all those people just flooded other surface arterials,
> increasing congestion there.
> 
> Don


Just as adding lanes induces traffic, (
http://www.reproman.com/washpost.html ), taking them away reduces it. (
http://www.newscientist.com/ns/980124/ntraffic.html ).

Jon

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