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References & Reading
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON INDUCED TRAFFIC
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00166218
What Is Induced Demand?
https://www.planetizen.com/definition/induced-demand
Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse
https://www.wired.com/2014/06/wuwt-traffic-induced-demand/
INDUCED TRAFFIC AND INDUCED DEMAND
https://nacto.org/docs/usdg/induced_traffic_and_induced_demand_lee.pdf
Highway 401 Expansion
https://www.infrastructureontario.ca/en/what-we-do/projectssearch/highway-401-expansion-project/
Induced Demand: An Urban Metropolitan Perspective
https://escholarship.org/content/qt5pj337gw/qt5pj337gw.pdf
Supply/Demand graph based on SilverStar (CC BY 2.5)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11044484
405 Commutes Now a Minute Worse Than Before Carpool Lane
https://la.curbed.com/2014/10/9/10036932/405-commutes-now-a-minute-worse-than-before-carpool-lane
Houston commute times quickly increasing
https://www.click2houston.com/news/2014/02/04/houston-commute-times-quickly-increasing/
North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP)
https://www.txdot.gov/nhhip.html
With I-45 construction set to begin in 2024, many facets of the project remain uncertain
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/i45-meetings-txdot-freeway-rebuild-18507217.php
Rethink35 Austin & Frogger
https://rethink35.org/
https://onelinergames.com/games/i35frogger/webversion/
Lawsuit against TxDOT
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/fundraising/41a2391b-9075-4700-b504-5c4ce1937e3f
Mr. Biden, Tear Down This Highway
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/09/08/opinion/urban-highways-segregation.html
Braess’s paradox – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braess%27s_paradox
The Spring Paradox
Steve Mould
Congestion Decreases When Cities ‘Delete’ Road Lanes
https://cal.streetsblog.org/2022/05/13/three-reasons-why-congestion-decreases-when-cities-delete-road-lanes
Exploring traffic evaporation
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213624X22002085
Traffic Evaporation: What Really Happens When Road Space is Reallocated from Cars?
Traffic Evaporation: What Really Happens When Road Space is Reallocated from Cars?
From Freeways to Waterways: What Los Angeles Can Learn From Seoul
https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/departures/from-freeways-to-waterways-what-los-angeles-can-learn-from-seoul
청계고가, 밤 12시부터 전면 통제, 고가도로 철거 오는 10월 말까지 마무리
https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N0311442270
Cheonggyecheon Stream Restoration Project
https://www.landscapeperformance.org/case-study-briefs/cheonggyecheon-stream-restoration-project
WSDOT VS. REALITY, Puget Sound traffic forecasts don’t even pass the laugh test.
Every traffic projection is wrong
https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2021/09/09/every-traffic-projection-wrong
Traffic Forecasts Ignoring Induced Demand: a Shaky Fundament for Cost-Benefit Analyses
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268293526_Traffic_Forecasts_Ignoring_Induced_Demand_a_Shaky_Fundament_for_Cost-Benefit_Analyses/fulltext/54bc7a710cf253b50e2d2b8a/Traffic-Forecasts-Ignoring-Induced-Demand-a-Shaky-Fundament-for-Cost-Benefit-Analyses.pdf
Traffic volumes declined by 34 percent on SR 520 after deployment of pricing and electronic tolling.
https://www.itskrs.its.dot.gov/its/benecost.nsf/ID/78a1e4026c2ed620852581a7003b7b87
Carmageddon Leaves Los Angeles in Gridlock With I-405 Closing
Downs–Thomson paradox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downs%E2%80%93Thomson_paradox
Do Your Buses Get Stuck in Traffic?
Not Just Bikes
Effects of upgrading to cycle highways
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692316304008
Bikeability and the induced demand for cycling
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2220515120
Build The Lanes (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/@buildthelanes
NACTO Transit Street Design Guide
How Arlington Is Avoiding D.C.’s Traffic Nightmare
ARLINGTON TRAFFIC COUNT DATA
https://www.arlingtonva.us/files/sharedassets/public/v/1/projects/documents/historic-traffic-counts.pdf
How Oslo Achieved Zero Pedestrian and Bicycle Fatalities
How Oslo Achieved Zero Pedestrian and Bicycle Fatalities, and How Others Can Apply What Worked
More road tolls set to cordon off Oslo
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