The Reason Foundation’s Robert Poole has a new column noting that some states are beginning question the common wisdom of “We can’t build our way out of congestion” what he calls the “Congestion Paradigm.” The connection of refusing to build more roads and increasing traffic congestion is finally being seriously considered.
Using three examples of states that are looking at building more roads to illustrate the point Poole finishes his article with:
What’s really important is that the “Congestion is a fact of life-live with it” approach is now under serious challenge in three key states. It seems likely that with a combination of pricing and toll finance, we can “build our way out of congestion” in a meaningful sense. A precondition for this is overcoming the Congestion Paradigm, which is now starting to happen.
Whole article here.
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