Remove It And They Will Disappear: New Evidence Why Building New Roads Isn't Always the Answer

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• Creators:
  Kruse, Jill
• Corporate Creators:
  Surface Transportation Policy Partnership
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Highway capacity
  • Traffic distribution
  • Traffic control
  • Road construction
  • Transportation planning
  • Travel patterns
  • Traffic congestion
  • Public transit
  • Walking
  • Bicycling
  More +
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1403562
• Resource Type:
  Proceedings
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Japan ; Germany ; United Kingdom
• Corporate Publisher:
  Surface Transportation Policy Partnership
• Abstract:
  While induced travel has countered the notion that cities can build themselves out of congestion, reduced travel has emerged to further challenge the way local officials think about road building. Flying in the face of conventional wisdom, new evidence shows that closing roads can eliminate traffic. A British study, released in March, 1998, is creating a buzz in transportation circles. The study found that closing roads actually cuts driving trips. The research team, led by Phil Goodwin of University College London, one of the Blair Government's key transport advisors analyzed 60 cases worldwide where roads were closed, or their ability to carry traffic was reduced. On average, researchers found that 25 percent of the traffic vanished when a road was closed.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12930/dot_12930_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 258.19 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ce7f5ab6239040679680468b5f3dada695f0bce43c0e69bbbcb6eeecf456e8dad6155025d4082afeecd9c525e4d06dd3bbcdf0e32be8765410f695dfb730d7be