A Lesson on Induced Demand | Why Your Public Transit Matters
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 Published On Dec 22, 2021

The state of Nevada is spending two billion dollars over the course of the next twenty years revising sections of the I-80 and I-580 surrounding the spaghetti bowl. This is a counterintuitive solution to the dangers and traffic issues in the area, and it would be better to induce demand for more public transit ridership instead of more freeway driving.

Sources:
NDOT Spaghetti Bowl Project:
https://ndotspaghettibowl.com/
https://ndotspaghettibowl.com/wp-cont...

Crash Rates along the Spaghetti Bowl: https://www.rgj.com/in-depth/news/201...

Historical Revisions to the Spaghetti Bowl:
https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2019/0...

Katy Freeway Expansion Worsened Commutes:
https://cityobservatory.org/reducing-...
https://www.click2houston.com/news/20...

Throughput of a 10-foot lane:
https://nacto.org/publication/transit...

Downs-Thomson Paradox:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Census Data:
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?...
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?...

Regional Transportation Plan:
https://rtcwashoe.wpengine.com/wp-con...

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