Induced Demand
Five Years After $1 Billion Freeway Expansion, Traffic Only Gets Worse
The lesson of the I-405 widening project that birthed meme-worthy events like "Carmageddon": widening a freeway won't reduce congestion for long, if ever.
Induced Demand, Explained
CityLab University tackles a widely misunderstood concept: induced demand.
Highway Expansion Proposal Stirs Debate in Toronto
A pro-business group in Toronto wants to expand a highway, but a Toronto columnist wants to make readers aware of why the plan might not work out as hoped.
Report Calls I-270 Expansion an Expensive Mistake
U.S. PIRG's list of 'Highway Boondoggles' puts Maryland's $9 billion I-270 expansion among the worst projects in the country.
Nine Highway Expansions Identified as Worst Boondoggles of 2018
In a new report, U.S. PIRG and the Frontier Group describe nine costly highway projects amounting to $30 billion in their fourth annual "Highway Boondoggles" report. All share the theme of induced travel demand.
Shouting Down Road Diets
In car-dependent communities, road diets and bike lanes can be a tough sell.
Op-Ed: 'Public Mood' Has Turned Against Cars in Cities
A survey of recent planning decisions demonstrates that cities are no longer necessarily looking to more and bigger highways to solve their traffic problems.
Autonomous Vehicles Present Opportunities to Change Cities
How we pay for our roads will play a big role in what happens to cities when autonomous vehicles become common place in cities.
A Traffic Solution 'Straight Out of the 1950s'
That's how the Los Angeles Times editorial board characterized the $6 billion plan by Los Angeles Metro to widen the 710 freeway. "A waste of money," they assert. Key to the solution is how to deal with goods movement from the seaport complex.
Telecommuting Trend Not Decreasing Traffic
Commuting statistics have held consistent, according to Census data, even as the number of people working from home continues to climb.
Maryland's $9 Billion Project Would Be the Nation's Largest P3 for Highways
Gov. Larry Hogan (R-Md.) announced last week plans for the largest highway contract awarded to a public-private partnership: adding four express toll lanes to the Capital Beltway and I-270. A third highway widening will be completed internally.
Ann Arbor's Futuristic Traffic Software
The networked sensors and signals in Ann Arbor give the city a coordinated way to respond to traffic.
Benefits Harder to Recognize as Costs to Widen the I-405 Rise
Was the I-405 widening project worth it for Los Angeles? Depends on whom you ask.
Against Seattle's Waterfront Highway
Seattle is set to build a nine-lane tunnel on its waterfront, the Urbanist's Ryan Packer is disappointed with its design and the project's stated goals.
London Bridges Going Up
London Mayor, Sidiq Kahn, authorizes two new bridges and a tunnel in eastern part of the city.
Critiquing the $1.9 Billion Project to Widen I-5 in Los Angeles County
Streetsblog slams Caltrans for wasting $1.9 billion on futile freeway widening projects.
What L.A.'s New Expo Line Extension Won't Do
The $1.5 billion, 6.6-mile light rail extension from Culver City to Santa Monica is projected to double trips on the line by 2030, giving commuters a viable alternative to driving. Just the same, don't expect the extension to reduce congestion.
Texas Highway Opens Shoulders to Drivers—Congestion Disappears
An experiment in Irving on SH 161 is defying the rules of induced demand, but not by building new lanes.
Trinity Parkway Would Raise Dallas-Area VMT by One Million Miles a Day
Pitched as a necessary addition to reduce congestion on interstates 30 and 35E as they pass Downtown Dallas, the Trinity Parkway is likely to induce one million additional vehicle miles traveled a day.
Connecticut Gov. Malloy Picks Sides in the Highway Widening Debate
Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy sees potential benefits in economic development and congestion reduction in a pair of highway widening proposals in his state.
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HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research
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