To avoid such a vicious cycle, the urban comprehensive improvement and facilities independence of superblocks or townships is essential, in addition to well planned public transportation.. It is easy to be said rather to be done..!
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Ever wondered why traffic never gets better, no matter how many roads we build?
That's because more roads don’t reduce traffic. They create it.
It' what happens when billions in public funds vanish into endless road projects... with little to show for it. More roads don’t mean less traffic, they often just invite more cars.
That’s a phenomenon now recognize as "Induced Demand".
City planner Jeff Speck has called induced demand "the great intellectual black hole in city planning, the one professional certainty that every thoughtful person seems to acknowledge, yet almost no one is willing to act upon."
Meanwhile, better solutions like public transport or walkable cities go underfunded. We’re missing the chance to build places that are cleaner, fairer, and actually work for more people.
Highways also leave a trail: more emissions, more sprawl, and deeper divides in our communities — especially in low-income areas.
So why are governments still hooked on highways?
Outdated planning. Political pressure. Inertia.
It’s time to rethink where our money goes. Our 2024 Global State of National Urban Policy report is clear: if we’re serious about climate-smart, equitable cities, the old highway playbook has to go.
Sources:
- 2024 Global State of National Urban Policy
- Bron: D.A. Plane, 'Urban transportation: policy alternatives. In: Hanson e Giuliano (red.), The Geography of Urban Transportation (tweede editie), Guilford Press (1995), p. 439.
That's because more roads don’t reduce traffic. They create it.
It' what happens when billions in public funds vanish into endless road projects... with little to show for it. More roads don’t mean less traffic, they often just invite more cars.
That’s a phenomenon now recognize as "Induced Demand".
City planner Jeff Speck has called induced demand "the great intellectual black hole in city planning, the one professional certainty that every thoughtful person seems to acknowledge, yet almost no one is willing to act upon."
Meanwhile, better solutions like public transport or walkable cities go underfunded. We’re missing the chance to build places that are cleaner, fairer, and actually work for more people.
Highways also leave a trail: more emissions, more sprawl, and deeper divides in our communities — especially in low-income areas.
So why are governments still hooked on highways?
Outdated planning. Political pressure. Inertia.
It’s time to rethink where our money goes. Our 2024 Global State of National Urban Policy report is clear: if we’re serious about climate-smart, equitable cities, the old highway playbook has to go.
Sources:
- 2024 Global State of National Urban Policy
- Bron: D.A. Plane, 'Urban transportation: policy alternatives. In: Hanson e Giuliano (red.), The Geography of Urban Transportation (tweede editie), Guilford Press (1995), p. 439.
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