Explore the World's Best Ideas
Join today and uncover 100+ curated journeys from 50+ topics. Unlock access to our mobile app with extensive features.
Adding more lanes
If we widen the road, there is better traffic flow for a few weeks or months. Then, it's jammed again. No matter how much we do this, the road will always have traffic jams.
3
86 reads
Induced demand
- first observed in the US, in the 1930s
Once the road is clogged, people seek alternatives, like bikes, buses, and trains.
Once the road is widened, people find that driving is faster again, thus switching to driving cars again.
3
72 reads
What's the solution?
The less capacity a road has, the more people choose other alternatives.
Investing in other means of traffic, like bike lanes and public transit.
3
78 reads
Traffic becomes a lot less painful
- Less noise pollution
- Less air pollution
- Safer streets for children and pets
3
72 reads
A developed country is not where everyone drives a car.
It's where nobody needs a car to get around.
3
77 reads
IDEAS CURATED BY
CURATOR'S NOTE
Another video from Adam Something, I found it very interesting. 🚗🛣️🚃
“
xou 's ideas are part of this journey:
Learn more about technologyandthefuture with this collection
How to build trust in a virtual environment
How to manage remote teams effectively
How to assess candidates remotely
Related collections
Similar ideas
7 ideas
The Future Of City Planning: Superblocks
Adam Something
9 ideas
The Politics and Economics of Dune
Foundation for Economic Education
4 ideas
so you're having an existential crisis
Sisyphus 55
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates