Today we shame cities that encircle themselves with freeways, but we also try to understand the logic of the ring road, orbital, or beltway (choose your terminology!). Come along on a tour of cities that have built these concentric concrete moats -- and trust me, no city gets off easy (especially Houston).

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Previous CityNerd Videos Referenced:
- All About Induced Demand:    • Induced Demand & Roadway Widening: Ev...  
- The USA's 10 Most Freeway-Heavy Downtowns:    • The Most Freeway-Heavy Downtowns in t...  

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Resources:
- https://www.arabnews.com/node/1520156...
- https://data.census.gov/table?q=s0801...

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Images
- Moscow Metro map By A.Savin - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
- Thumbnail: Capital Beltway Mixing Bowl By Duane Lempke - Duane Lempke Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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Music:
CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library)

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