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Houston’s 26-Lane Katy Freeway Expansion Backfires, Proving You Can’t Outbuild a Traffic Jam

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Houston’s 26-Lane Katy Freeway Expansion Backfires, Proving You Can’t Outbuild a Traffic Jam
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Houston's Katy Freeway was widened to 26 lanes at a cost of about $3 billion, but peak outbound trips grew longer—up to 51%—as induced demand filled the extra capacity, underscoring a hard-won lesson about road-building and traffic.

Topics:sciencetransportation#congestion#houston#induced-demand#infrastructure#katy-freeway#transportation
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Houston spent nearly 3 billion dollars widening a single freeway to 26 lanes to kill its traffic — and within three years the drive was taking up to 51 per cent longer, proof of a rule planners keep relearning the hard way: you can't build your way out of a traffic jam  Space Daily

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