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Confirmed: Non-Driving Infrastructure Creates ‘Induced Demand,’ Too

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Confirmed: Non-Driving Infrastructure Creates ‘Induced Demand,’ Too

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Confirmed: Non-Driving Infrastructure Creates 'Induced Demand,' Too — Streetsblog USA

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Widening a highway to cure congestion is like losing weight by buying bigger pants — but thanks to the same principle of "induced demand," adding bike paths and train lines to cure climate actually works.

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On the other site there is a carbrain that argues against commuter trains because he claims they induce demand and fill up, rendering them useless.

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