Reducing Traffic Congestion By Reducing Freeway Lanes

Whitney Gould asks Milwaukee County, WI, to consider a counter-intuitive idea: to reduce traffic congestion, reduce number of freeway lanes.

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September 13, 2001, 5:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"It sounds counterintuitive, if not downright crazy. But using computer modeling, a reform-minded Florida transportation engineer named Walter Kulash has determined that if you remove lanes from urban freeways, you may actually reduce congestion. How?...Wider roads siphon traffic from other routes and invite motorists to increase the number and length of trips they might otherwise consolidate. Development follows the cars, worsening congestion."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Slimmer freeways worth a look

Sunday, September 9, 2001 in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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