Does Widening Roads Alleviate Congestion (Part 1)?

The aim of this 5 part series is to disseminate the concepts of urban transport planning. The need for such a series was felt after confusion reigned on social media during the great many debates that the road widening projects carried out by Infrastructure Malta ignited.

0:00 Introduction
0:26 Experiences of Road Widening Projects
1:00 Induced Demand
2:32 Causes of Congestion

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Mogridge, M. J. H. (1997) ‘The self-defeating nature of urban road capacity policy. A review of theories, disputes and available evidence.’ Transport Policy. 4(1) pp. 5 – 23.

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Pictures
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