Widening Highways Doesn’t Fix Traffic. So Why Do We Keep Doing It?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/us/widen-highways-traffic.html

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Widening Highways Doesn’t Fix Traffic. So Why Do We Keep Doing It?

With billions of dollars available to improve transportation infrastructure, states have a chance to try new strategies for addressing congestion. But some habits are hard to break.

The New York Times
@black_intellect Because car culture is a massive Ponzi scheme. You need to find new suckers to keep the racket going, which otherwise is unsustainable.