Introduction To Induced Traffic Demand

The Seattle Times presents a useful primer, including graphics, on induced traffic resulting from new roads.

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February 26, 2003, 5:00 AM PST

Most transportation experts now agree that building or widening urban highways attracts some traffic that wouldn't be there otherwise. They call it 'induced travel' an increase in traffic that's generated not by growth or other demographic forces but by expansion of the road system itself. It poses a question that strikes at the heart of many highway projects: If more lanes just encourage more driving, are they part of the solution or part of the problem?"

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FULL STORY: When roads are widened, travel can rise dramatically

Sunday, February 23, 2003 in The Seattle Times

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