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Time for Alternative Approaches To Solving Traffic Problems

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Richard Layman
6 August 2004 - 7:00am

More roads contribute to sprawl. It's time to try alternative approaches to solve traffic problems.

"Yet building more roads can exacerbate the problem, thanks to the phenomenon known as "induced demand" - otherwise known as the "Field of Dreams" effect: If you build it, they will come. A road that eases congestion can lower the cost (in time and frustration) of driving, inducing people to drive more. A new road invites development. And if the new road rings the outer perimeter of an urban area, it contributes to sprawl."

Full Story: 'Field of Dreams' Effect: To Fix Localities' Traffic Problems, Peel the Onion
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch, August 3, 2004
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The areas where we have severe blight and indications of more blight to come are basically the same as they ever were. How in the world are we ever going to move our community development selves into an alternative future that thinks differently about the challenges we face in our cities and low-income suburban and rural communities?
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