Why does induced demand seem to affect highways but not transit, cycling, or walking infrastructure? (TLDW: It does for all of those but highways are worse at dealing with it) (www.youtube.com)
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This video outlines some of the relationships between US commuting culture and the perspectives that it’s engendered about the role of the city. The, when compared and contrasted to other nations’ approach to city design and perspectives shows that it’s possible to have a city core that’s more than just a workplace....
TL;DW: The “just buy everyone a car” instead of subsidising transit argument doesn’t work. Even on the least cost efficient bus routes it doesn’t make sense. Also “demand responsive transit” is worse than fixed routes.
There’s also a follow up: How a Car-Free Manhattan would work
It’s nice to see larger outlets talking about urbanism topics and Vox has made a few videos in this area recently.
Nothing beats the luxury of a tram
A great example of a walkable city in France near Paris....