induced-consumption

id: title: Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse slug: induced-consumption date: 2019-07-06 9:52:00 AM format: Narrative url: https://www.wired.com/2014/06/wuwt-traffic-induced-demand/ duration:

A good explainer on the phenomenon of induced demand, when creating more of a resource to alleviate a shortage doesn’t work because demand simply increases to match the supply.