minus-squaregetseclectic@sh.itjust.workstoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's the simplest thing humans are too dumb to grasp?linkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoThere is research showing that adding lanes only helps for maybe six months. Then people realize that the route is better and change the routes they take, which leads to more congestion again. Fewer lanes can actually decrease congestion. https://smv.org/learn/blog/how-does-roadway-expansion-cause-more-traffic/ linkfedilink
minus-squaregetseclectic@sh.itjust.workstopolitics @lemmy.world•Decades of U.S. war crimes led to what Israel is doing in Gazalinkfedilinkarrow-up15·11 months agoWhat have they ever done for us? linkfedilink
minus-squaregetseclectic@sh.itjust.workstoHumor@lemmy.world•You just dig around the water.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-211 months agoSir, this is a c/humor linkfedilink
There is research showing that adding lanes only helps for maybe six months. Then people realize that the route is better and change the routes they take, which leads to more congestion again. Fewer lanes can actually decrease congestion.
https://smv.org/learn/blog/how-does-roadway-expansion-cause-more-traffic/