ryan cooperDec 20, 2022
in dense cities the flip side of induced traffic demand is demand destruction when you remove road capacity as people shift to other ways of getting around https://thecityfix.com/blog/traffic-evaporation-what-really-happens-when-road-space-is-reallocated-from-cars/
Traffic Evaporation: What Really Happens When Road Space is Reallocated from Cars? | 

Cheonggyecheon Stream in Seoul, where an elevated expressway was demolished to make way for a massive public recreation space. Photo by Aleksandr Zykov Road development throughout the 20th century was based primarily on the premise that more infrastructure eases traffic. But evidence shows that road building, instead of reducing congestion, actually increases traffic. When travel…

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It's extraordinary how even people who accept the reality of induced demand have a real struggle with destroyed demand - even though the two are bound together like, you know, night and day.
Show threadRadReduction (Larry EdwardsDec 21, 2022

@CelloMomOnCars @ryanlcooper

Right. And here is an example of another kind of induced demand. It is one of #aviation's engines of growth, profit and #climate harm - frequent flyer programs (#FFPs, especially when linked to credit card use). This article describes the scheme and what can be done about it.

https://stay-grounded.org/frequent-flyer-programmes-incentivise-climate-destruction/

Frequent Flyer Programmes Incentivise Climate Destruction - Stay Grounded

Frequent flyer programmes (FFPs)  – the most successful marketing scheme of all time[1] – have contributed to the airline industry’s growth and the harms it causes. In this age of climate breakdown, why is this marketing scheme which incentivises and normalises high carbon choices allowed to exist?

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@RadReduction @ryanlcooper

In this vein, we should be reducing the caps on the number of flight movements at airports (and building high speed rail). Instead, it seems like everyone is expanding the airports.

You get what you build for.

Dec 21, 2022 at 1:29amWeb
Show threadRadReduction (Larry EdwardsDec 21, 2022

@CelloMomOnCars @ryanlcooper

Or put a falling cap on the amount of aviation kerosene and both the national and airport levels. See section 3A here: https://unfccc.int/documents/183380

And, yes, ban airport expansion if that isn't done.

Show threadCelloMom On CarsDec 21, 2022

@RadReduction @ryanlcooper

I think simply putting a tax on jet fuel would go a long way.